1820 British Settler

Capt. Walter Synnot 45, Leader of this Party, together with his wife Elizabeth Houston 20, and 5 children, were members of Synnot's Party of 25 Settlers on the Settler Ship Fanny.

Party originated from Newtown Hamilton, County Armagh, Ireland

• Departed Cork, Ireland 12 February 1820
  
• Arrived Simon's Bay, Cape Town - 1st May 1820
  
• Final Port - Saldhana Bay - Mid May 1920
  

Area Allocated to the Party : located in the Groot Seekoei Valley in the Clanwilliam district, at the junction of the Jan Dissels and Olifants Rivers.

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Baptism : "South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GTW5-3D4?cc=1468076&wc... : 21 May 2014), South Africa > Cape of Good Hope > Cape Town, Simon's Town, St Francis of Assisi > Baptisms 1814-1832, marriages 1814-1833 > image 76 of 111; William Cullen Library, Wits University, Johannesburg.

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Marcus b. 1820 at sea. Farmed with his brother George at Little River, Mowyong Station and died in Tasmania July 1858 unmarried.

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