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Harry TERRY

Male Abt 1818 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Harry TERRY 
    Birth Abt 1818 
    • Based on the fact that he was "in his 60's" during the late 1870's
    Gender Male 
    _UID C82F950D0D5844FEA1F76D52C6084B631324 
    Death Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I14162  Ryeland Family Tree
    Last Modified 19 Jun 2015 

    Family Native   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
    +1. Charlotte TERRY   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 19 Jun 2015 
    Family ID F4929  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Known to the natives as "Adeiri"

      Harry Terry Yap, Mapia, Nauru, Banaba, Kosrae (1874-1882?)

      Harry Terry was an Englishman from Worwich. He was said to have served as a sailor at HMS "Seringapatam". He left England in 1832, probably bound for Australia. He may have been sent to Australia as a convict. It is said that Terry, along with 15 other escape convicts from Australia arrived at Nauru on a whaleship in 1845. Many of Terry's companions met violent deaths in Nauru, and after 3 or 4 years, Terry and five others moved to Banaba. One source (Mallard) claims that they cut off the whaleship "Inga" of New Bedford and masaccred the crew in December 1852.

      Terry was living on Kosrae in 1874 at the visit of the HMS "Rosario". He was married to a woman from Nauru. Terry may have spent some time in the Marshalls. He may be the "Harry" who was brought from the Marshalls to the Western Carolines aboard the "Agnes Donald" in March 1877. Terry was the resident trader on Mapia for Capelle & Co. in the late 1870s when O'Keefe met him and took him into his employment. Terry reported brought thirty Nauruans with him to Mapia. O'Keefe married Terry's daughter, Charlotte. Terry presumably continued trading as O'Keefe's agent in Mapia for years afterwards.

      Sources: LeHunte 1883a: statement of John McGuiness; Young 1878: 19 Mar 1977; Bowles 1854: 22 Nov 1853; Goodenough 1875

      http://micsem.org/pubs/articles/historical/bcomber/kosrae.htm (Jun 19 2015)


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