Everything about Thomas Corker totally explained
Thomas Corker (born
Falmouth, Cornwall,
England, died
1700) was a prominent English agent for the
Royal African Company and worked in the
Sherbro,
Sierra Leone.His descendants are still living in that area and are the
Bonthe and Shenge Caulkers. Corker was originally from
Dublin, Ireland; he was descended from the Dublin/Cornwall Corker family (http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/CountyCork/2004-08/1093552507).
Departure for Sierra Leone
Thomas Corker left
London and went to
Africa in
1684 in the Royal African company's service and worked on the rivers before becoming a chief agent on the Sherbo Island of York. It is while working in the Sherbro region that he married an African princess of the house of Ya Kumba who ruled on the shore of the Yawry Bay (according to Bulom oral tradition). The woman was known to the English as '
Seniora Doll' or 'Senora Doll' and together they'd two sons Robin and Stephen. Thomas Corker soon after was transferred by the Royal African Company to
Gambia in
April 1699 and later on he returned to England and died in
1700. His sons, Robin and Stephen inherited their mother's kingdom and utilised their European heritage to increase their influence in the region. The Corkers (later on changed to Caulkers) became a powerful chiefdom in Sierra Leone and were one of the most notorious slave trading
Afro-European clans in
West Africa.
Descendants
Today most of Thomas Corker's descendants can be found living in Sierra Leone's southern region,
Sherbro and the name is now spelled as
Caulker. The clan still maintains its oral and written testimony about its English ancestor, Thomas Corker and a number of Caulker chiefs were named after him, such as
Thomas Caulker.
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