Joseph Brissett senior

Profile & Legacies Summary

1^st Jul 1755 - 26^th Feb 1807

Biography

Son of George Brissett and his wife Sarah nee Tharp and grandson of John Brissett (1665-1742, the first of this family to move to Jamaica).

Joseph Brissett owned Cacoon Pen in Hanover, Jamaica, which he mortgaged to his uncle John Tharp, William Miles of Bristol, and others, 12/05/1786. At the time the estate covered 468 acres and included 147 enslaved people. Papers relating to bonds held on Cacoon estate between John Tharp and Joseph Brissett 1785-1806 are held in the Tharp Papers in Cambridge County Record Office.
Joseph Brissett matriculated at Glasgow University in 1769, followed by his brothers George (1771) and John (1772).
Joseph Brissett Esquire, who died 26/02/1807 in the 52nd year of his age, was buried in St Mary's, Lucea, Hanover.

Sources

Description of Tharp papers at http://www.bromfield.us/archives/Tharp_Papers_1.html and http://www.bromfield.us/archives/Tharp_Papers_2.html [accessed 29/10/2014].
The University of Glasgow Story, http://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/biography/?id=WH25665&type=P&o=3&start=200&max=20&l=d [accessed 29/10/2014].
Findagrave.com memorial ID 125220984.

Further Information

Spouse

[1] Mary Poole Johnson [2] Anne Rankin

Children

With [1] Richard, John, Elizabeth, Anne Wilhelmina, Mary, Selina. With [2] Joseph (1799-)

University

University of Glasgow [1769 ]

Occupation

Planter

Associated Estates (2)

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

1784 [EA] - 1799 [LA] → Owner

Cacoon or Cocoon Castle Pen [ Jamaica | Hanover ]

It is not cleat that the entry for Joseph Brissett refers in fact to Cacoon (or Cocoon) Castle Pen (which appears to have been in the possession of the Clarke family throughout): it might refer to Cacoon [JA 7286] instead, or to a third estate not yet identifiied

1809 [EA] - 1827 [LA] → Previous owner

Content [2] [ Jamaica | Hanover ]