Mary Pitt, Free Settler "Canada" 1801

http://www.library.mq.edu.au/all/journeys/people/peoplel_q.html PITT, Mary (1748 -1815) Widow of Robert Pitt. Arrived in the Canada 14 December 1801, with her son, Thomas Matcham Pitt, and daughters Lucy, Susannah, Esther, and Jemima. Mother and son were given adjoining grants of 100 acres each in 1802 within two miles of the present town of Richmond. Mary Pitt was a cousin of George Matcham, who married Catherine, sister of Lord Nelson. On the strength of this relationship land grants were made on 1 November 1808 to Jemima Pitt (500 acres at Strathfield), James Wilshire (husband of Esther Pitt) (570 acres at Strathfield), and William Faithfull (husband of Susannah Pitt)(1,000 acres at Burwood), "in consequence of a strong recommendation from the late illustrious and lamented Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson to His Excellency Governor King, and of no grant having hitherto been made in compliance therewith". These grants were confirmed by Governor Macquarie 1 January 1810 and the Macquaries visited Mary Pitt's farm on 5 December 1810. She died on 7 November 1815, aged 67.