James Laker
- Born
- 11 Apr 1790 · Rudgwick, Sussex, England
- Died
- 6 Jul 1835 · Piketberg, Cape Colony
- Spouse
- Sophia Pearce · m. 20 Aug 1815, Marylebone, London
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Children
- Anne Laker 1819–1864
Christened at Rudgwick, Sussex, in 1790; died at Piketberg in 1835. With his wife Sophia Pearce, the English origin of the Laker thread that entered the Retief line a generation later through their daughter Anne Laker.
Threads that mention James Laker
- The Sussex family that landed at Piketberg
James Laker was christened in Rudgwick, Sussex in 1790. By 1819 the family had crossed to the Cape — and specifically to Piketberg, the exact small farming district the Retiefs had been working since the early 1700s.
- Two English settler threads, on either side
The family runs back to two different small English villages — Rudgwick in Sussex on the paternal side, Bodham in Norfolk on the maternal. Either would be unusual for an Afrikaans family. Both is striking.