1820 British Settler

Sarah Horne 25, together with her husband Henry Brooks 30, Farmer, and their 3 children, were members of Pigot's Party of 54 Settlers on the Settler Ship Northampton.

Party originated from Berkshire.

Departed Portsmouth, 13 December 1819. Arrived Table Bay, Cape Town on 26 March 1820. Final Port - Algoa Bay, Port Elizabeth on 30 April 1820.

Area Allocated to the Party : a block of land, named Pigot Park, on the left bank of the Blaauwkrantz River.

Children :

• Caroline Brooks 4,
  
• William Brooks 3,
  
• Ellen Brooks 1
  

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Probate Record:

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQF-X9PP-2?cat=331262

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The Story of the British Settlers of 1820 in South Africa by Harold Edward HOCKLY. Second Edition. Enlarged and revised. 1957.

Page 209

BROOKS, Henry, 30; p. Pigot's; s. Northampton; w. Mary 25; f. William 3, Caroline 4, Ellen 1.

[Note: Wife given as Mary, not Sarah]

Added by Y. DROST, 11 FEB 2019

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