Alexander Harvey Biggar, 1820 Settler

1781 - 1838  (57 years)

• Name	Alexander Harvey Biggar
  Suffix	1820 Settler
  Birth	28 Oct 1781	Cork, Co Cork, Ireland   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  1820 Lineage	Yes
  Settler	7 Jan 1820	Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
  	Biggar's party on the Weymouth
  Settler ID	1057
  Occupation	Captain 85th Regiment  [1]
  Death	Dec 1838	Bloukrans, Chieveley, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa   [2, 3]
  	Cause: wounds received during the Battle of Opathe
  Person ID	I78412	master
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2021

  
  

  Family 1	Mary Straton, 1820 Settler,   b. 1781   d. 1855 (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	2 Mar 1799	Brechin, Angus, Scotland
  Notes	Marriage in Brechin, Angus, Scotland 2 March 1799 Lieutenant Alexander BIGGAR of His Majesty's 15th Regiment of Foot and Miss Mary STRATON, daughter of the Rev Mr. George STRATON, Episcopal Clergyman in Brechin, were contracted in order to marriage; and their banns having been published three several times and no objection offered were married the 3rd current.
  Children	1. Margaret Graham Biggar, 1820 Settler,   b. 1800   d. 1890 (Age 90 years) + 2. Ann Harold Biggar, 1820 Settler,   b. 18 Aug 1801   d. 1851 (Age 49 years) > 3. Mary John Biggar, 1820 Settler,   b. 1803 > 4. Jean Stratton Biggar, 1820 Settler,   b. 1805 + 5. Georgina Biggar, 1820 Settler,   b. 1807, England d. 22 Jul 1847, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 40 years) > 6. Agnes Elizabeth Biggar, 1820 Settler,   b. 1808 > 7. Charlotte Biggar, 1820 Settler,   b. 4 Aug 1810 + 8. Robert Biggar, 1820 Settler,   b. 27 Sep 1812, Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Scotland d. 17 Apr 1838, Tugela Gorge near Ndondakusuku, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa (Age 25 years) + 9. Alexina Isabella Biggar, 1820 Settler,   b. 28 Jun 1817   d. 20 Nov 1896, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 79 years) > 10. Helen Biggar, 1820 Settler,   b. 1818   d. 1900 (Age 82 years)   11. George Biggar, 1820 Settler,   b. 1820, at Sea on the WEYMOUTH d. 17 Feb 1838, Bloukrans, Chieveley, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa (Age 18 years) > 12. Harriet Willis Biggar
  Family ID	F28588	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Nov 2010

  
  

  Family 2	Zulu, - zulu partner
  Notes	Marriage Status: Unmarried Couple
  Children	+ 1. Charles Biggar   d. Sep 1866
  Family ID	F38781	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Jul 2014

  
  

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  Birth - 28 Oct 1781 - Cork, Co Cork, Ireland Marriage - 2 Mar 1799 - Brechin, Angus, Scotland Settler - 7 Jan 1820 - Portsmouth, Hampshire, England Death - Cause: wounds received during the Battle of Opathe - Dec 1838 - Bloukrans, Chieveley, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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• Notes

  From The Settler Handbook, M D Nash: "Alexander Biggar of 79 St Aubyn Street, Plymouth, Devon, a Captain of the 85th Regiment of Foot on half pay. Biggar had been paymaster of his regiment, but his active career in the army was precipitatedly ended in May 1819 when a General Court Martial found him guilty of embezzling £1300 from War Office funds and suborning a clerk who was to give evidence against him. He was cashiered and ordered to repay the money. The Cape emigration scheme provided a timely opportunity to put this disgrace behind him and make a new begginning." DEPOT KAB SOURCE MOOC TYPE ANDER ARGIEWE VOLUME_NO 6/9/15 SYSTEM 00 REFERENCE 3291 PART 1 DESCRIPTION BIGGAR, ALEXANDER. DEATH NOTICE. STARTING 1839 ENDING 1839 Further information at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biggar_family

  
  

• Sources

  [S6] M D Nash, "The Settler Handbook", (Chameleon Press ISBN 0 620 10940 8). [S31] IGI Record from Family Search. [S1666] Troy Meyers, Meyers, Troy, (troy_meyers@ovi.com).