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Death Notice : "South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ8-HSC1-L?cc=2517051... : 12 September 2017), 007844964 > image 64 of 2021; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa.
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Immigrated to South Africa with Shepherd's Party in 1826
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The Pitt family came out to South Africa from Gloucestershire in two groups, both headed by sons of William Pitt & Jane Long who lived at Tetbury.
These brothers may have been twins, since it is known that the one, Robert Pitt - a husbandman and turnkey, was born in 1777 and was an 1820 Settler who came to SA in Sephton’s Party with his wife, Lucy Rapley and 8 year old son, Robert Pitt.
Whereas, although the date of birth is not confirmed, it appears that the other brother, William – a shoemaker - may also have been born in 1777, and he and his wife, Mary Rogers, having agreed on 7.5.1826 to pay half their fare, were enabled to join his brother in the Cape Colony. They came out in Shepherd's party in 1826, bringing with them five children, 22 yr old Sarah [although it is uncertain whether this person is actually a conflation with John’s wife Sarah, below], 13 yr old William, 10 yr old James, 7 yr old Thomas and 23 yr old John Pitt. The latter was married to Sarah Roberts, and they appear to have had two children with them on the boat: 1 or 2 yr old John, and baby Mary. Both had just been christened in Middlesex.
1827 |
December 3, 1827
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Burgersdorp, Eastern Cape, South Africa
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1846 |
October 27, 1846
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Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa
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1848 |
April 12, 1848
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Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa
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1850 |
April 12, 1850
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Grahamstown, EC, South Africa
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1852 |
August 6, 1852
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Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa
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1854 |
July 9, 1854
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Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa
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1856 |
June 22, 1856
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Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa
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1858 |
February 20, 1858
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Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa
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1860 |
January 29, 1860
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Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa
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