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The 1820 Settler Correspondence
 as preserved in the National Archives, Kew
 and edited by Sue Mackay

Additonal Information

This is pre 1820 information mainly taken from actual images of UK parish registers and other primary sources which I have personally researched. Further information about the settlers and their families once they reached the Cape can be found at https://www.1820settlers.com/

Sue Mackay

BIRT, Samuel - Extra Data

Written by Sue Mackay on .

 

(member of BRADSHAW's Party)

 

According to The Settler Handbook, Samuel BIRT was on the party's location in 1824 and claimed to have been an original member of the party, even although his name does not appear on the official returns. He was a friend and neighbour of Isaac WIGGILL both in Painswick and at the Cape.

 

Death Notice (Cape Archives) says he was born in Gloucestershire ca 1791

 

Gloucestershire Archives

 

Samuel, son of Samuel and Nancy BIRT, was baptised 12 June 1791 in St.Mary's, Painswick, Gloucestershire

 

Samuel BIRT married Nancy DOWELL by banns on 25 December 1789 in St.Mary's, Painswick, Gloucestershire

Both signed

Witnesses: John DOWELL and Rob't HINTON

 

Samuel BIRT married Jane HARRISON by banns on 22 July 1816 in St.Mary's, Painswick, Gloucestershire

Both made their mark

Witnesses: Mary Ann DEANE and John COOK

 

Harriet, daughter of Samuel and Jane BIRT, Stroud End, Carpenter, baptised Feb 9 1817 in St.Mary's, Painswick

Matilda, daughter of Samuel and Jane BIRT, Stroud End, Carpenter, baptised Nov 1 1818 in St.Mary's, Painswick

[baptism of Elizabeth WIGGILL is on the same page]

 

 

 

 

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