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- Fergusons Directory 1871
Thomas James was an assistant on Hunuagalla Estate ,Dimboola,It was
then a coffee estate.
"[IT:THOMAS NATTLE GRIGG - THEBERTON ESTATE @ 1880
A TOMBSTONE IN THE CHURCH YARD OF THE ALL SAINTS CHURCH, MASKELIYA
BEARS THE FOLLOWING
INSCRIPTION- QUOTE &. "FEB 29, 1884 - THE REVD: THOMAS NATTLE GRIGG,
BA., CANTAB., LATE
RECTOR OF LAMBLEY, NOTT. DIED AT THEBERTON, MASKELIYA, ON THE EVE OF
HIS DEPARTURE FOR
HOME. AGED 73". UNQUOTE.:IT]
THEBERTON ESTATE (3000 FEET), SITUATED AT THE FOOT-HILLS OF THE
"SEVEN-VIRGINS"
MOUNTAINS IN MASKELIYA, TODAY IS A DIVISION OF HAPUGASTENNE ESTATE. OF
THE ORIGINAL ESTATE
HAPUGASTENNE OWNS ONLY A BLOCK OF 30 ACRES WITH THE BUNGALOW,
THE REST HAVING BEING BOUGHT
BY PRIVATE CONCERNS SOME TIME BACK ALONG WITH THE FACTORY. THIS AREA
BRIEFLY CAME TO
PUBLIC NOTICE WHEN AN AIRCRAFT CARRYING MUSLIM PILGRIMS TO MECCA
CRASHED AGAINST THE
MOUNTAINSIDE THE 1970'S .
IN THE FERGUSONS DIRECTORY OF 1898 THE FOLLOWING RECORD IS FOUND:
THEBERTON ESTATE
TAMIL NAME- SANDANAM WATTS
PROPRIETORS / LESSEES- HEIRS OF REV. T.N. GRIGG
AGENTS / CORRESPONDENTS- COLOMBO COMMERCIAL CO. LTD
RESIDENTS & MANAGERS- R.A. GALTON AND H.W. GEORGE
ESTATE EXTENT 206 ACRES
TEA EXTENT- 201 ACRES
POST TOWN- WATAWALA
IN THE FERGUSONOS DIRECTORY OF 1925 THE NAME H.A. GRIGG APPEARS AS
FOLLOWS:
PORTMORE & ALDOURIE ESTATE- 4700 FT
TAMIL NAME- CORTMORE & PANCHAKAREN THOTTAM
RESIDENT MANAGER- H.A. GRIGG
ESTATE EXT 310 ACRES
TEA EXTENT 172 ACRES
PORTMORE ESTATE NOW IS OWNED BY AGRAPATANE PLANTATIONS LIMITED. THIS
SAME FERGUSON
DIRECTORY (1925) YEILDS A FURTHER REFERENCE TO H.A. GRIGG AS THE AGENT
FOR NATBOURNE
ESTATE (5500 FEET / 172 ACRES, THE OWNERSHIP OF WHICH WAS HELD BY A
CERTAIN MRS SAYERS
MARSHALL AND NATBOURNE NOW FORMS A DIVISION OF DIYAGAMA WEST ESTATE)"
information supplied by Dilhan C. Fernando (Dilmah Tea,Colombo)
E.T.Grigg planter Hemmingford,Avissawella (son of Edward Evan Grigg)
HA Grigg planter and manager of Portmore, Agrapantana
SH Grigg planter Theberton , Watawala,, Maskeliya
MG Grigg planter Nutbourne , Ambawela.
HA Grigg proprietor Lammermoor, Watawala
Theberton appears to be the family home I think most of the children
were born there.
From: Jeremy Martin
Date: 07/12/15 07:18:29
To: dennisg@clubtelco.com
Subject: Comments
Comments: An excerpt from my Great Grandmother's reminiscences of 1888 (written in 1949) about my Great Grandfather who was the superintendent at Luccombe estate near Maskeliya, and is buried in the church near there; I thought you might be interested!
'..About a mile from us lived Mr and Mrs Grigg (another Tea estate). She was my dearest friend. She had 8 children and was the best of mothers. She was truly good. She was one of "the Brethren", but too far off ever to attend "the Meetings". She lent me books about babies and was always the first to come to see mine on each occasion. '
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Grigg Family Tree
1835 - 1902 (66 years)
