1820 English Settler

Wife of Robert Pirie in Leader Thomas Willson's Party of 307 people on the La Belle Alliance.

Party originated from London.

Departure The Downs, Deal, Kent, England on 12 February 1820. Arrival Table Bay, Cape Town - 2 May 1820. Final Port Algoa Bay, Port Elizabeth at the end of May

Area Allocated to the Party : Beaufort Vale on the Bush River.

Accompanied by husband Robert Pirie 35, step-daughter Margaret, 11, and baby Robert Pirie Jnr born at the end of 1819.

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Marriage Licence.

Robert PIRIE appeared personally and made oath that he is of the parish of Lee in the County of Kent, a widower, and intendeth to marry with Mary Rachel HORN of the same parish, a spinster, of the age of twenty one years and upwards, and further made oath that the usual place of abode of him the appearer hath been in the said parish of Lee for the space of four weeks last past.