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
BESANT, Charles - Extra Data
Written by Sue Mackay on .
(member of BOWKER's Party)
Dorset History Centre
Charles son of James and Martha BESANT baptised May 23rd 1790 in Gusssage All Saints, Dorset