Thomas (27) and Charlotte (24) Bruton and child Charlotte arrived in Christopher Thornhill's Party, (No. 57 Colonial Office list).

They were located between the Kowie River and the Rufane River. (To the immediate East of Port Alfred)


The Story of Thornhill's Party

 

Colony of the Cape of Good Hope in the year 1819

Location of Thornhill's Party

The Settler Settlements

Index to Settler Locations - Port Alfred Museum display

Index to Settler Locations - Port Alfred Museum

Location of Thornhill's Party - Port Alfred Museum

Towns in the Eastern Cape which are mentioned in early Settler records

Source: Albany Museum, Grahamstown, "The British Settlers of 1820 Landing in Algoa Bay", by Thomas Baines, May 9th, 1853.

ChristopChrostopher Thornhill - Albany Museam, Grahamstownher Thornhill ; Albany Museum, Grahamstown

Thornhill''s Farmstead "The Settler's Handbook" - Nash - Port Alfred Museum,.

Index to Settler Locations Source: Port Alfred Museum

Port Alfred Museum display of Settler Locations

The Bruton's were not allocated land - Thomas was a blacksmith brought to the colony by Christopher Thornhill

The 1820 Settler Location Display atPort Alfred Museum

The Toposcope - Bathurst

The Toposcope Bathurst - Tablet wording

The Toposcope Bathurst - Tablet

The Toposcope Bathurst

The Toposcope - facing towards where Thornhill's Party was located

The Direction of the location of Thornhill's Party - facing towards the area between the Kowie and Sir Rufane's River

The plaque marking the direction of the location of Thornhill's Party from the Toposcope

Direction of location of Thornhill's Party

A Toposcope view over the lands designated to Christopher Thornhill