Wastel Brisco of Jamaica and Wimpole Street

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1796

Biography

Slave-owner in Jamaica, the sixth son of Joh Brisco of Crofton and Catharine, second daughter of Sir Richard Musgrave, bart. of Hayton Castle. Died 'of Wimpole Street' c. 1796. Uncle of Sir John Brisco bart. (q.v.), and second husband of Deborah Campbell nee Woodstock, the widow of Peter Campbell of Fish River (q.v.).

Will of Wastel Briscoe [sic] of Wimpole Street Cavendish Square proved 06/12/1796. Under his will he left the estates that had belonged to his wife's brother to his wife and then to her son Peter Campbell. He left his house in Wimpole Street to his nephew Wastel Brisco (will proved 1834) the son of his deceased brother Musgrave. His residuary legatee was his nephew Sir John Brisco bart.

We are grateful to Steven Carter for assistance in compiling this entry.

Sources

John Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Enjoying Territorial Possessions Or High Official Rank: But Uninvested with Heritable Honours. Henry Colburn, 1836, p. 237.

PROB 11/1282/146.

Further Information

Absentee?

Transatlantic

Spouse

Deborah Campbell (nee Woodstock)

Associated Estates (3)

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

1757 [EA] - 1781 [LA] → Owner

Cumberland Valley [ Jamaica | Westmoreland ]

The Wastel Brisco for whom John Morse made the Accounts Produce returns 1757-1764 for Cumberland Valley has been inferred to be the same man as Wastel Brisco of Jamaica and Wimpole Street. The path to ownership has not yet been established, but the identification is cemented by the presence of Peter Campbell as joint-owner and then Mrs Deborah Brisco as owner: Wastel Brisco of Jamaica and Wimpole Street had a stepson named Peter Campbell, the son of his wife Deborah Campbell nee Woodstock.

1783 [EA] - 1783 [LA] → Joint owner

Cumberland Valley [ Jamaica | Westmoreland ]

1762 [EA] - 1783 [LA] → Owner

Holland Estate and 'Shaws' [ Jamaica | St Elizabeth ]

The estate appears to have come to Wastel Brisco through his marriage to Deborah Campbell nee Woodstock, the heiress of her brother Barnard Andreis Woodstock.