| 3. | Sarah Armstrong, 1820 Settler was born in 1779 (daughter of Andrew Armstrong and Sarah Atkins). 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
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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
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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
Children:
- Richard Armstrong Murray, 1820 Settler was born in 1804; died on 12 Dec 1840 in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
- George Burleigh Murray, 1820 Settler was born in 1806 in Dublin, Co. Dublin, Ireland; died on 3 Nov 1895 in Colesberg, Northern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Colesberg, Northern Cape, South Africa.
- Alexander Hugh Murray, 1820 Settler was born on 21 Feb 1808 in Summerhill, Co.Meath, Ireland; died on 10 Nov 1890 in Boschfontein farm, Colesberg district, Northern Cape, South Africa; was buried on 11 Nov 1890 in Colesberg, Northern Cape, South Africa.
- Mary Jane Murray, 1820 Settler was born on 10 Jan 1810 in Summerhill Bective Estate, Dublin (nr), Ireland; died on 17 Aug 1898 in 'Roodipoort' ('Rooipoort'), Philippolis, Free State, South Africa; was buried in Colesberg, Northern Cape, South Africa.
- Margaret Anne Murray, 1820 Settler was born on 3 Feb 1812; died on 20 Jan 1864.
- Martha Murray, 1820 Settler was born in 1813; died in 1887.
- 1. Sarah Atkins Murray, 1820 Settler was born in Apr 1815; died on 15 Jul 1898.
- James Armstrong Murray, 1820 Settler was born in 1817 in Dublin, Co. Dublin, Ireland; died in 1901.
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1815 - 1898 (83 years)
