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Tristram Ratcliffe I

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1791

Biography

Owner of Greenwich estate in Vere, Jamaica. The estate had been mortgaged to Theodore Foulks in 1781. The Chancery case of 1803 described Tristram Ratcliffe as a 'distressed man.'

Tristram Ractcliffe [sic] contributed £10 to the University of Pennsylvania following Dr John Morgan's fundraising tour of the West Indies in 1772-1773.


Sources

See estate information for Greenwich. Chambers et ux. v Goldwin, Feb 5 1803 Chancery.

William Smith, Joseph Hopkinson, and Plunket Fleeson Glentworth, Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania Minute Books, Volume 2, 1768-1779 p. 75, entry for 13/12/1773. Note amounts are in Jamaican currency.

Associated Estates (4)

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
1786 [EA] - 1791 [LA] → Owner
Exeter [ Jamaica | Vere ]

Possibly in the hands of trustees.

1793 [EA] - 1811 [LA] → Previous owner
Exeter [ Jamaica | Vere ]
1787 [EA] - 1791 [LA] → Owner
Greenwich [ Jamaica | Vere ]
1792 [EA] - 1796 [LA] → Previous owner
Greenwich [ Jamaica | Vere ]

Legacies Summary

Cultural (1)

Benefactor
University of Pennsylvania...... 
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William Smith, Joseph Hopkinson, and Plunket Fleeson Glentworth, Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania Minute Books, Volume 2, 1768-1779 p. 75, entry for 13/12/1773. Note amounts are in...

Relationships (2)

Tristram Ratcliffe I
Father → Son
George Ratcliffe
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Tristram Ratcliffe I
Father → Son
Tristram Ratcliffe II
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