Hannibal Dunn

Bef 1770 - 1838  (> 67 years)

• Name	Hannibal Dunn
  Birth	Bef 12 Jan 1770	Ware, Hertfordshire, England   [1, 2]
  Baptism	12 Jan 1770	Ware, Hertfordshire, England   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1838	Port Natal, South Africa   [3]
  Alternate death	1839  [4]
  Person ID	I38052	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of TS
  Last Modified	30 Aug 2022

  
  

  Father	William Dunn
  Family ID	F22360	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Newton,   b. 1766   d. 1846 (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	22 May 1794	St. Mary the Virgin, Ware, Hertfordshire, England   [5]
  Children	+ 1. Hannibal Dunn, Mayor of Saffron Waldon,   b. 18 Apr 1797, Ware, Hertfordshire, England d. Mar 1857, Marylebone, London, England (Age 59 years)
  Family ID	F22359	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Aug 2022

  
  

• Notes

  He was killed in the February 1838 sacking of Port Natal by the Zulu king Dingane. Writing about Hannibal Dunn's grandson John Robert Dunn (1834-1895), a son of Robert Newton Dunn (1795-1847), Michael Green (citation details below) says that he "was born in 1833, either at Algoa Bay or Port Natal. His family settled at Port Natal and at the age of five he witnessed Dingane's sacking of the settlement (in which his grandfather was killed) from the brig Comet." As Colin and Barbara Pilcher point out on ancestry.com, John Robert Dunn's other grandfather, Alexander Biggar, died separately in a Zulu ambush in December 1838, so this can only refer to Hannibal Dunn.

  
  

• Sources

  [S6469] Hunter-Dunn Family Tree, from hunterdunn.com., year and place only. [S306] England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, on ancestry.com. [S6555] Michael Green, "History in Fiction: Oliver Walker and Jonn Dunn." English in Africa 15:29, May 1988. [S6469] Hunter-Dunn Family Tree, from hunterdunn.com. [S6554] Hertfordshire Banns & Marriages, on findmypast.co.uk.