1820 British Settler

George Scott 35, Agriculturist, was a member of Scott's Party of 37 Settlers on the Settler Ship Nautilus.

Party originated from Surrey

• Departure London, 3 December 1819
  
• Arrival Table Bay, Cape Town - 17 March 1820
  
• Final Port - Algoa Bay, Port Elizabeth 14 April 1820
  

Area Allocated to the Party : Kap River

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1820 Settler to South Africa, Leader of Scott's Party on the Nautilus

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George Scott b. 1785 d. Feb 1822: British 1820 Settlers to South Africa

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Name George Scott [1] Born 1785
Gender Male 1820 Lineage Yes 1820 Settler 3 Dec 1819 Gravesend, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location Address: Scott's party on the Nautilus Settler ID 2620 Occupation Leader of Scott's party Died Feb 1822 [1] Person ID I132695 master Last Modified 13 Sep 2017

Family Elizabeth Hart, b. 21 Apr 1802, Tenterden, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 28 Jan 1883, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) Married 10 Sep 1821 Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa Find all individuals with events at this location [1] Microfilm #1886513 Matrimonial Court Minutes and Special Marriage Licenses: 1821 - 1884 Albany/Grahamstown, Cape, South Africa Item 7

Dates follow American convention of MMDDYY

Entry #1A Husband: George SCOTT, Staffordshire, 34, Bachelor, Christelyke Wife: Elisabeth HART, 19, Kent, England, Spinster, Christelyke Date: 9/10/1821

Children 1. Horatio Scott, b. 1822

Last Modified 27 Oct 2016 Family ID F47226 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Sources [S439] "Bailie's Party of 1820 Settlers", Nash, MD, (ISBN 0 86961 140 2).

And also ...

Scott): British 1820 Settlers to South Africa

http://www.1820settlers.com/genealogy/settlershowparty.php?party=Scott A party of 37 from Surrey led by Captain George SCOTT sailed in "Nautilus". They were located astride the Kap River. The location was called Scott's Bottom. By 1825 the party had dispersed.

Settler Handbook Content: No. 1 on the Colonial Department list, led by George Scott of 13 Francis Street, Newington, Surrey (now part of Greater London). Scott had been employed for some years in the West Indies, and after his return to England lived with his father, the barrack master at Sheerness, Kent, until he applied to emigrate. Some of his party may have been recruited in Sheerness, although at least one family - that of a latecomer, Thomas Shone - lived in Newington.

It was intended that the party should consist of three equal partners, Scott, John Younger and George Ubsdell, and their indentured servants. Scott subsequently claimed, however, that Younger and Ubsdell had reneged on their agreement and paid only the expenses of their own families (and in Ubsdell's case, a servant lad named Crout). This left Scott financially responsible for the deposits, equipment and maintenance of the labouring men of the party, who were contracted to serve for five years in return for the payment of their deposits and 'the provision of suitable clothing, wholesome food and lodging' during their term of service.

The party embarked in London in the Nautilus regular transport, leaving Gravesend on 3 December 1819 and reaching Table Bay on 17 March 1820 and Algoa Bay on 14 April. The party was located in the Kap River valley, and its location was named Scott's Bottom. George Scott married Eliza, daughter of William Hart of Bailie's party, in 1821. He died of a liver complaint early in 1822, and the land was sold by his widow to JB Biddulph.

LIST OF SCOTT'S PARTY ...

SCOTT, Geroge 35. Agriculturist.

Main sources for party list

Return of settlers under the direction of Geroge Scott (Cape Archives CO 6138/1,7); Memorial of George Scott, 11.1.1822 (Cape Archives CO 8451/13). No Agent of Transports' Return has been traced for the Nautilus, showing the state of the parties as they arrived at the Cape, but the presence in the colony of all the men of the party but Biles, Clarke and Webber has been confirmed from colonial records.

• A woman servant, Mary Ann Goodhead, whose name is not on the official list, later claimed to be one of Scott's party; she may have emigrated as the 'wife' of an unmarried man in order to avoid payment of a deposit.

from THE SETTLER HANDBOOK by MD Nash page 113

(pip - April 2018)