Rev. John Thomas Wilgress

Trustees for the Rev. John Thos. Wilgress and others counterclaimed (under the will of Hamilton Kerby) for the compensation on Weir's and Parry's estates in Antigua, which was paid into the colonial Court of Chancery. Rev. John Thomas Wilgress was the son of Rev. John Wilgress and Elizabeth Kerby, the daughter of Hamilton Kerby. Hamilton Kerby had left £3000 to each of his surviving daughters in 1767: Wilgress's trustees' claim is shown as derived from a legacy of £3000 under that will.

1. John Thomas Wilgress was Vicar of Chalke Kent 1813-50; V. of Gwinear Cornwall 1813-33.

2. Will of Rev. John Thomas Wilgress of Sundridge Kent proved 20/06/1850. The will made no reference to Antiguan property.

3. Adm. pens. (age 18) at TRINITY, July 10, 1793. S. of the Rev. John (1757), of Eltham, Kent. School, St Paul's. Matric. Michs. 1794; Scholar, 1795; B.A. (5th Wrangler) 1798; M.A. 1801. Fellow, 1800-6. V. of Chalk, Kent, 1813-50. V. of Gwinear, Cornwall, 1813-33. P.C. of Riverhead, Kent, 1831-50. Married, 1831, Arabella, 4th dau. of Henry Streatfield, of Chiddingstone. (St Paul's Sch. Reg.; Records of Rochester; Foster, Index Eccles.; Clergy List; Clerical Guide; V. Hodson.)

T71/877 Antigua nos. 339 and 349. The Register of Claims shows the Potts as counterclaimants for a legacy of £3000 under the will of Hamilton Kerby and as trustees for the Revd John Thos Wilgress and others; Vere Langford Oliver, History of Antigua Vol. II part i p. 120.

1. CCEd Person ID 2562.

2. PROB 11/2115/285.

3. Ancestry.com, Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900 [database online].