Thomas Le Gall

Customs Collector of Oistins and slave-owner on Barbados. This is probably the Thomas Le Gall who married Rebecca Bourne, 23 September 1777 in Christ Church, Barbados. Their children included Thomas Le Gall (1784? or 1786?- ), Hannah Best Le Gall, and Margaret Matthews Le Gall (1788- ) who married James William Cox, 13 April 1805, Christ Church, Barbados. Thomas Le Gall died between 1826 and 1829. The will of Thomas Le Gall shows his wife as Elizabeth but his daughters as Margaret Matthews Cox and Hannah Best Le Gall, indicating that Thomas Le Gall had married twice.

1. Administration of the will of Thomas Le Gall of Christ Church Surrey [sic: in fact Barbados] [made in 1820 with a codicil of 1823] granted 04/06/1833. After specific legacies of named enslaved people to his wife Elizabeth he made his two daughters Margaret Matthews Cox and Hannah Le Gall his residuary heirs. His executors included his son-in-law John Linton.

Caribbean Marriages, 1591-1905, FamilySearch; for the marriage of Margaret Matthews Le Gall and James William Cox: Barbados Church Records, 1637-1887, FamilySearch, accessed 2 April 2015.

1. PROB 11/1817/329.