Charlotte Whitfield (c.1789 - 1875)

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Birthplace: London, England
Death: Died in Gum Gove Farm, Taba Ndoda, District Fort White, South Africa
Managed by: Peter Blair Whitfield
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About Charlotte Whitfield

1820 Settler (Clark's Party). Travelled unaccompanied but in the records as Charlotte Brown, sister of John Brown (sic). Became common law wife of John Brown after he dumped his wife Anne. All 5 of their children retained the surname Whitfield. Charlotte's descendants were mainly traders and farmers in the Eastern Cape and Transkei. They have since spread throughout Southern Africa and to places like Australia, New Zealand and England. Death notice from extract CMISC315 Kaffrarian Watchman dated Monday 28 June 1875 gives her death as monday 21 June 1875 at age of 85 years and 4 months making her birthday in Feb 1790. Her baptism however at St Paul's Covent Garden occurred on 17 March 1789 which probably means she was born in Feb 1789 rather than 1790.

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Charlotte Whitfield's Timeline

1789
February, 1789
London, England
March 17, 1789
St Paul's Covent Garden, London, England
1820
1820
Age 30
Clay Pits, Coombes Valley, District Grahamstown, South Africa
1822
June 18, 1822
Age 33
Near Zwaartkops River, Cape, South Africa
1825
1825
Age 36
1826
July 27, 1826
Age 37
1828
February 25, 1828
Age 39
Bathurst, Albany, Eastern Cape, South
1829
1829
Age 39
1835
July 25, 1835
Age 46
St Georges, Grahamstown, South Africa
1875
June 21, 1875
Age 86
Gum Gove Farm, Taba Ndoda, District Fort White, South Africa