Mary Smith Moffat (1795-1871)

Mary Smith Moffat (1795-1871). Missionary wife of Robert Moffat, and mother of Mary, the wife of David Livingstone. Born in New Windsor, England, she married Robert Moffat in December, 1819 at Cape Town, South Africa. They settled at Kuruman in Bechuanaland and established a mission there. They had ten children: Mary (who married David Livingstone), Ann, Robert (died as an infant), Robert, Helen, Elizabeth (died as an infant), James, John, Elizabeth, and Jean. Photograph by S.B. Barnard, Cape Town

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1819 Barnard Bechuanaland Established Grahamstown Livingstone Missionary Moffat Settled Torso

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