The First African Hartleys ...

Early pioneer Hartleys in Africa [some mentioned below] are found in South Africa and Rhodesia.

One of the earliest South African Hartley Family Trees is recorded in:

The '1820 Settlers' ...

Bathurst, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

The agreement to settle in The Cape of Good Hope was signed at Nottingham on 7.12.1819. The leader of the party was Dr Thomas Calton.
Amongst the signatories was Thomas Hartley [Blacksmith] aged 48 [d.o.b.1771] from Mansfield. He was accompanied by his wife Sarah, aged 39 [d.o.b. 1780] and their children, Mary aged 22 [1797], Ann aged 20 [1799], Hannah aged 16 [1803], Elizabeth aged 13 [1806), Sarah aged 10 [1809], Susannah aged 11/12 [1819], Jeremiah aged 7 [1812] Henry aged 4 [1815] [Henry became a hunter and was reputed to have killed 1200 elephants in his lifetime]
The party numbered 158 and the ship 'Albury' sailed from Liverpool on 13th Feb 1820 arriving at Simonstown, SA on 1st May and then at Algoa Bay on 15th May. On the 6th June Sir Rufane Donkin arrived at the village and named it Port Elizabeth [after his wife].

see 1820Settlers.com

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