1820 British Settler

John Purdon 40, Army pensioner, late Sergt, 53rd Foot, together with his wife Mary Clifford Harrison 34, atogether with 4 children, were members of Thomas Willson's Party of 307 Settlers on the La Belle Alliance.

Party originated from London.

Departed London, 12 February 1820. Arrived Table Bay, Cape Town on 2 May 1820. Final Port - Algoa Bay, Port Elizabeth May 1820.

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

Children :

• William Henry Purdon 11
  
• Henry Gordon Purdon 9
  
• Elizabeth Ann Purdon 5
  
• Charles Purdon 2 (died at sea)
  

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Part of the Wilson party of the 1820 Settlers. Attended the Bathurst School, Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa. She was born in India on 4 December 1812 and was married on 23 August 1832 in Bathurst.

"South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-23580-59418-55?cc=146... : accessed 12 Jul 2014), South Africa > Cape of Good Hope > Grahamstown, Bathurst, St John the Evangelist > Baptisms, marriages, burials 1829-1849 > image 33 of 108; citing William Cullen Library, Wits University, Johannesburg.