Thomas Leendert Minter

1818 - 1854  (36 years)

• Name	Thomas Leendert Minter
  Birth	6 May 1818	Brouwershaven, Holland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	95DDE92141FA42B689442B682494CECC6154
  Death	12 Nov 1854	At sea, off Scutari, Turkey   [2]
  Notes	Appears to have gone to South Africa. There is a record dating from 1846 in the National Archives of South Africa which refers to 'Motion. Insolvent estate of Thomas Leonard Minter'. A similar record refers to 'MINTER, THOMAS LEONARD. INSOLVENT LIQUIDATION AND DISTRIBUTION ACCOUNT.' Another record from 1847 refers to 'RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS OF CRIMINAL CASE. CIRCUIT COURT, ALBANY. THE QUEEN VERSUS THOMAS LEONARD MINTER. THEFT.' And in 1848: 'MEMORIALS RECEIVED. SOME INHABITANTS OF GRAHAMSTOWN ON BEHALF OF THOMAS LEONARD MINTER. REQUESTING THE LIFTING OF THE SENTENCE IMPOSED ON MINTER.' In 1849: 'MEMORIALS RECEIVED. JOHN M MINTER. ENCLOSING LETTER TO BE FORWARDED TO HIS BROTHER.' In 1850: 'MEMORIALS RECEIVED. JM MINTER. REGARDING HIS BROTHER'S CONDUCT.' [John M Minter and JM Minter would have been John Moolenburg Minter] There are indications that Thomas (as Thomas Leonard) married and had a family in South Africa. The details included here are speculative and need to be verified. In particular, the inclusion of John Hobday Minter as Thomas Leendert Minter's son is not supported by evidence of a birth certificate or baptismal record. The strongest supporting fact for making Thomas Wyatt Minter and John Hobday Minter brothers is that when John Hobday Minter's son Thomas Leonard was baptised in 1866 the witnesses were Thomas Wyatt Minter and Jane Agatha Minter. A record at NAAIRS in the Cape Town Archive Repository has the death of a Jane Agatha Minter in 1911. July 2021: Erica Minter has found a UK National Archives document which records the death of Thomas L Minter on the (SS) Mauritius (ship's master Stewart). The death was caused by cholera and occurred off Scutari, Turkey on 12 November 1854. The record shows that a payment of £4 6s 4d was made on 3 March 1855 at Southampton but doesn't show to whom the payment was made. At the time of Thomas's death the Crimean War was under way. Florence Nightingale and a team of 38 nurses arrived in Scutari on 4 November 1854. They had travelled from England, making the last part of the journey from Marseilles on the 'Vectis'.
  Person ID	I1137	Folkestone, Kent
  Last Modified	25 Jul 2021

  
  

  Father	Thomas Minter,   b. Bef 26 Oct 1785, Folkestone, Kent d. 21 Nov 1857, Folkestone, Kent (Age ~ 72 years)
  Mother	Agatha Maria MOOLENBURGH,   b. Abt 1790, Island St Moen, Holland d. 12 Apr 1871, Clapton, London (Age ~ 81 years)
  Marriage	19 Jun 1809	Rotterdam, Holland   [3]
  Family ID	F40	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Maria WYATT,   b. 9 Nov 1822   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	29 Apr 1840	Port Elizabeth, Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa   [4]
  Children	1. Thomas Wyatt Minter,   b. 20 Feb 1841, South Africa d. 9 Jul 1885, Msinga, Natal, South Africa (Age 44 years)   2. John Hobday Minter,   b. 13 Dec 1842, South Africa d. 4 Jan 1906, Kroonstad, Orange Free State, South Africa (Age 63 years)   3. Jane Agatha Minter,   b. Abt 1843, South Africa d. 2 Jun 1911, Port Elizabeth, South Africa (Age ~ 68 years)
  Family ID	F431	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Jul 2014

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 6 May 1818 - Brouwershaven, Holland Marriage - 29 Apr 1840 - Port Elizabeth, Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Thomas Leendert Minter 1818 - 1854 Record of Thomas's death at sea in 1854. Source: UK National Archive - Registers of Wages & Effects of Deceased Seamen; Class: BT 153; Piece: 2

  
  

• Sources

  [S90] Zeeuws Archief, Zeeuwen Gezocht, Holland, November 2009. [S272] Erica Glynne Minter, including her Ancestry.com tree, January 2020 and later, details from UK National Archive via ancestry.com (Reliability: 3). [S25] Gemeentearchief, Rotterdam (on-line). [S107] familysearch.com, July 2010.