UCL

Tyrrells's (formerly Tankard's and then Orleans)

Antigua

Estate Details

Associated People (8)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
Owner
Richard Tyrrell Barnes

At some point between 1766 and 1802, the death of Sarah Fulton, nee Aylon, legatee and widow of Admiral Richard Tyrrell, who had a life interest in the estate and the enslaved people attached to it, would have resulted in the transfer of ownership of Tyrrells to Richard Tyrrell Barnes.

1751 [SY] - 1766 [EY] → Owner
Admiral Richard Tyrrell
1747 [SY] - 1751 [EY] → Joint owner
Admiral Richard Tyrrell

Marriage of Capt. [as then was] Richard Tyrrell to Russell Chester nee Tankard, bringing the Tankard's or Orleans estate to Tyrrell in joint-ownership until his first wife's death in 1751. It was renamed as Tyrrell's at an unknown date.

- 1744 [EY] → Tenant-for-life
Edward Chester

Tenant-for-life with his wife Russel nee Tankard

- 1744 [LA] → Tenant-for-life
Russel or Russell Tyrrell formerly Chester (née Tankard)

Tenant-for-life with her first husband Edward Chester.

1766 [SY] - → Tenant-in-tail or Remainderman
Richard Tyrrell Barnes
1744 [SY] - 1747 [EY] → Owner
Russel or Russell Tyrrell formerly Chester (née Tankard)

Either sole owner of sole tenant-for-life between her two marriages.

1747 [EA] - 1751 [EY] → Joint owner
Russel or Russell Tyrrell formerly Chester (née Tankard)

Either joint-owner or possibly tenant-for-life with her second husband Richard Tyrrell

Associated Claims (1)

Antigua 396 (Tyrells's)
£1,650 17S 6D

Sources

Vere Langford Oliver, History of Antigua Vol. III pp. 118-120.

Estate Information (5)

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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 119(Tot)  
[Name] None given  
 

William Harman receiver of the trust estate of Richard Tyrell deceased appointed by the Court of Chancery.

 
T71/247 451-453
1821
[Number of enslaved people] 115(Tot)  
[Name] None given  
 

William Harman receiver of the trust estate of Richard Tyrell deceased appointed by the Court of Chancery.

 
T71/246 385-387
1824
[Number of enslaved people] 117(Tot)  
[Name] Tyrrell's [sic]  
 

Robert McNish junior, attorney to the proprietors of Tyrrells' estate. A note on p. 490 says that the previous registration was 115 [enslaved people] by William Harman receiver in Chancery.

 
T71/248 490-492
1828
[Number of enslaved people] 112(Tot)  
[Name] Tyrell's  
 

John McNish agent for the proprietors of Tyrrels estate.

 
T71/249 737-739
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 113(Tot)  
[Name] None given  
 

George W Ottley atty for the proprietors of Tyrrell's Estate

 
T71/250 535-537