Moffat

Moffat, Robert (1795-1883), missionary, was born at Ormiston in East Lothian. In 1816 he was sent to South Africa by the London Missionary Society, and travelled northwards to Afrikaner's kraal; he afterwards removed to Griqualand. In 1819 he married Miss Mary Smith, who greatly assisted his efforts. After various wanderings through the neighbouring regions he settled at Kuruman in Bechuanaland (1826), which henceforward became his head station. Here, with the exception of a visit to England in 1838-43, he remained till 1870, preaching the Gospel and translating the Bible into the Sechwana language. His daughter married David Livingstone.