1820 British Settler

John Pankhurst 20, Farmer, was a member of Erith's Party of 120 Settlers on the Settler Ship Brilliant.

Party originated from Surrey.

Departure Gravesend, London 15 February 1820. Arrival Simon's Bay - 30 April 1820. Final Port - Algoa Bay, Port Elizabeth 15 May 1820

Area Allocated to the Party : New Botany Bay on the Kaffir Kraal River

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Written by Trisha McLeod. Posted in Newspaper Obituaries and Snippets

AN 1820 MAN - Everyone who has lived at the Cape at any time knows Mr. PANKHURST. The Telegraph says :- "Old settlers don't like being cracked up at the cost of truth. The Star said that 'Mr. Pankhurst, an 1820 advent, is 91 years old, rode 30 miles on horseback the other day, jumped on to a post-cart, and traveled 70 miles further. The venerable PANKHURST did not think it worth his while to ask the Star to contradict its statement, but he wrote to the Mercury stating that he is only 85, and the distance he travelled was 20 miles. The old gentleman thought the Press ought to be prosecuted for 'telling lies' about him. - Colonies and India 13 June 1884

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Extract from The Cape Mercury, 23 May 1885

"Died, on the 22nd May, at the residence of his Son William, JOHN PANKHURST, Sen., one of the Original Settlers of 1820, aged 85 years, 5 months, and 11 days. Friends at a distance please accept this notice."

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Pankhurst, John. 1820 Settlers

Last Name: Pankhurst

First Name:   John

Date of Birth:   1800

Place of Birth:  from Minster in Isle of Sheppey, Kent, England

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Spouse:  Lucy Pratt b. Wantage, Berks. d. 7 Nov 1863 Kingwilliamstown age 64

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Notes: Erith’s party of 1820 settlers. CO48/43 p. 52 John Pankhurst was single and from Minster in the Isle of Sheppey, Kent when he embarked. DN 6746/1870. Children: .

Mary Ann 1821 m. 5 Mar 1844 Robert Sparks? not Sparks surname was Nowell

Lucy 1822 d. 1832

John 1823 m. abt 1853 to Jane

George 1825 m. abt 1851 to Mary

Ann 1826 m. 1844 Robert Sparks????

James 1829 killed 1846

Thomas 1831

Lucy 1833 m. George William Stillwell

Mary Elizabeth 1834

William 1836

Margaretta 1839.  Source from : Settlers from the British Isles to South Africa