Mary Jane Murray, 1820 Settler

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 587
• Name: Mary Jane Murray 1820
• Settler: 12 Feb 1820, Cork, Co Cork, Ireland

Notes:

as the third child of James and Sarah. Had 13 children (Henry was the 7th). Death Notice gives her parents as George Murray and Sarah Armstrong. Will (1874) filed 1875.

as the third child of James and Sarah. Had 13 children (Henry was the 7th).
Death Notice gives her parents as George Murray and Sarah Armstrong. Will
(1874) filed 1875 [72].

Jean Pierre Pellissier arrived in Graaff Reinet from the North on 8 March1833 and 9 May when he departed for Phillipolis, Jean Pierre went to the coast ( Port Elizabeth ) and married his wife, not necessarily though likely in that order.
"By the end of 1831 ds. Murray joined in marriage at Graaff Reinet a certain Mary Jane Murray, a daughter of one of the Irish Party of theBritish Settlers of 1820, with a certain John Norval."
" The Norval's of Rooipoort, District Phillopolis, who were descendantsof Mary Murray..."

Transcript of letter from James Murray to his oldest daughter Mary Jane,shortly before her marriage to John Norval as published in Pellissier'sbook:-
" Hartfell, November21st, 1831
Dear Maria,
I received your letter and am happy to hear that you are quite well,I am so too and so is your Mother, thank God. I have nothing to say toyou now but what I have said before. I need not tell you that i wish youevery happyness when you change your name and your condition. Rememberyour duty to God, never forget to ask his Blessing in all yourundertakings and may God bless you and direct you in all your ways is thefervent prayer of your Father and Mother - I remain your affect. Father
J.L. Murray "
The original letter was in the possession of Mrs Isabell Barlow ofBindura, Zimbabwe, who was one of the great grandchildren of MaryMurray.

Settler:
Parker's party on the East Indian

Mary married John Norval on 4 Dec 1831 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa. John (son of John Norval) was born on 25 May 1795 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; died on 17 Oct 1875 in 'Roodipoort' ('Rooipoort'), Philippolis, Free State, South Africa; was buried on 19 Oct 1875 in Colesberg, Northern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Sarah Ann Norval was born on 26 Jan 1833; died on 26 Nov 1895.
2. John Edward Norval was born on 25 Jan 1835; died on 26 Nov 1911.
3. Janet Margaret Norval was born on 6 Dec 1836; died on 14 Mar 1904.
4. Mary Jane Norval was born on 9 Oct 1838; died in 1905.
5. James Norval was born on 10 Nov 1840; was christened in Colesberg Church (DRC), Colesberg, Northern Cape, South Africa; died on 17 Feb 1904 in 'Dapperfontein', Norvalspont, Free State, South Africa; was buried in 'Dapperfontein', Norvalspont, Free State, South Africa.
6. George Norval was born on 30 Sep 1842; was christened in Colesberg Church (DRC), Colesberg, Northern Cape, South Africa; died in 1918.
7. Henry Norval was born on 21 Aug 1844 in Colesberg, Northern Cape, South Africa; was christened in Colesberg Church (DRC), Colesberg, Northern Cape, South Africa; died on 1 May 1917 in Retreat farm, Lomagundi District, Zimbabwe (Rhodesia).
8. Martha Norval was born on 26 Jul 1846; died on 19 Jan 1869.
9. Caroline Pearl Norval was born on 9 May 1848.
10. Margaret Ann Norval was born on 24 Feb 1850; was christened in Colesberg Church (DRC), Colesberg, Northern Cape, South Africa; died on 6 Mar 1930; was buried in Lady Grey Cemetery (Old), Lady Grey, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
11. William Archibald Norval was born on 17 Sep 1851; died on 25 Nov 1891.
12. Charlotte Elizabeth Norval was born in 1853.
13. Ellen Morrison Norval was born in 1854; was christened in 1854.

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 580
• Name: James Murray 1820
• Settler: 12 Feb 1820, Cork, Co Cork, Ireland

Notes:

James and Sarah emigrated to South Africa in 1820 on the ship "East Indian" as members of Parker's party Irish group. As mentioned in his son, Richard Armstrong Murray's will (see IFB: Reminiscences) he had a brother Alexander Murray, married to Hannah, both of Clapham, Surrey, both of whom appear to have died in the late 1830s. Mary Jane's death notice gives George Murray. James went to Ireland as a young man.

James and Sarah emigrated to South Africa in 1820 on the ship "East Indian" as
members of Parker's party Irish group. As mentioned in his son, Richard
Armstrong Murray's will (see IFB: Reminiscences) he had a brother Alexander
Murray, married to Hannah, both of Clapham, Surrey, both of whom appear to
have died in the late 1830s. Mary Jane's death notice gives George Murray.
James went to Ireland as a young man.

Extract from The Story of the British Settlers of 1820 in South Africa by Harold Edward Hockly:

Settler:
Parker's party on the East Indian

James married Sarah Armstrong, 1820 Settler in 1802 in Dublin (St John's). Sarah (daughter of Andrew Armstrong and Sarah Atkins) was born in 1779. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 63
• Name: Sarah Armstrong 1820
• Settler: 12 Feb 1820, Cork, Co Cork, Ireland

Notes:

Sarah was the fourth child of Andrew and Sarah.

Quote from S.H. Pellissier's book:-

. According to tradition Sarah Armstrong was originally from England.When we were children, we heard much of Broom Hall, an estate in Kent in southern England and of a large sum of money held in Chancery in England for the descendants of the Armstrongs. Broom Hall was apparently the seat of the Armstrongs and after 99 years, or so we were told, the heirs would be able to claim their fair share. The Norval's of Rooipoort, dist.Philippolis, who were descendants of Mary Murray and the Kleynveld's of Bethulie - Mrs Charlotte Klynveld was a daughter of Martha Murray - took the lead in connection with tracing this possible inheritance. Mr. Herman Kleynveld, an attorney at Bethulie, handled the correspondence. We, the Pellissier family, were naturally very interested in the matter but waited patiently for information. The steps which were taken, took place shortly before the Anglo-Boer War when I was a boy of about eleven. One of our relations received the English paper, The Christian Herald, weekly and it appeared regularly in our house too. In this paper there would periodically appear a long list of names of persons for whom there was money in Chancery at that stage. We as children always perused eagerly when the list appeared to see if the name Armstrong still occurred in it. Shortly thereafter the devastating three year war took place, the Christian Herald no longer appeared and in the confusion everything regarding the possible inheritance was forgotten until now."

Extracts from Irish settlers to the Cape by Graham Brian Dickason
A history of the Clanwilliam 1820 Settlers from Cork Harbour

Page 81

Appendix 1
BRIEF OUTLINE BIOGRAPHIES

ARMSTRONG, James
1791- A member of Scanlan's group, he was a bachelor farmer from Longford Town. His widowed sister Jane Miller with two children were supposed to sail withhim but did not embark.

ARMSTRONG, John
1790-1834. A broguemaker from Longford Town and military pensioner of the 6th Battalion of 60th regiment of Foot, sailed as amember of Scanlan's group. Lost his life near the Kei River in the Sixth Kaffir War.

ARMSTRONG, William
1818 Son of Moses Armstrong of Longford Townwho sailed from Cork as a member of Scanlan's group. Married Mary Gunnin 1845 and was a member of the House of Assembly in 1856."

Page 101

" The following lists are therefore a transcription of the arrival lists only as modified by the research undertaken and which, due to the fact of their certification and reconciliation, it is considered may be regarded as the most accurate that can be produced under the circumstances.

PARKER'S PARTY Total Persons
......

Armstrong, James 28 Farmer 1
Armstrong, John 30 Shoemaker. w Catherine 27, c Jane 43
Armstrong, Lawrance28 Farmer. w Anne 25, c Elizabeth 43
Armstrong, Moses 26 Farmer. w Jane 25, c Samuel 6, William2 4
....."

It is not known whether or not these Armstrongs were related in any way to Sarah Armstrong who married James Murray.

Settler:
Parker's party on the East Indian

Notes:

IFB gives his name as Andrew Armstrong, "of Priesttown, near Dublin".

IFB gives his name as Andrew Armstrong, "of Priesttown, near Dublin".
Name also given as RICHARD Armstrong

Andrew married Sarah Atkins about 1773. Sarah was born in 1750. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Sarah (Lady) Atkins