Surname List: British 1820 Settlers to South Africa

Settler ID	1057
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1820 Settler Ship	Weymouth
Party	Biggar
Gender	M
Age in 1820	39
Occupation	Capt. 85th Regiment
Date or Year of Birth	28 OCT 1781
Place of Birth	Cork, Co Cork, Ireland
Spouse's Name	Straton, Mary
Date of Marriage	2 MAR 1799
Place of Marriage	Brechin, Angus, Scotland
Age at Marriage	18
Date of Death	DEC 1838
Place of Death	Bloukrans, Chieveley, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
Age at Death	57
Other Information	Head of the Biggar party. Appointed landdrost at Durban by the Boers in 1838; aided the Boers in the Battle of Blood River, 16 Dec 1838, and was killed by the Zulus a few weeks later.

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