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John Purcell Lt-Governor of Tortola

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1771

Biography

Will of John Purcell Lt-Governor of Tortola proved 26/04/1771. In the will he left £7000 and an annuity of £300 p.a. together with ten enslaved named people to each of his daughters Frances and Margaret, and £6000 as portions to his younger children, with the remainder of his estate (including unspecified estates on Tortola) passing to his son John under entail. His executors were John Boyd of Danson House and Michael Macnamara of Great George Street. From later records it has been inferred that Norton's Valley was one of Purcell's estates.


Sources

PROB 11/966/285.

Further Information

Absentee?
Transatlantic?
Spouse
Married but no further details
Children
John; Frances; Margaret

Associated Estates (1)

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
- 1771 [EY] → Owner
Norton's Valley Estate [ Virgin Islands ]

Inferred to have been among the unnamed estates on Tortola left by John Purcell to his son (also John).

Relationships (1)

John Purcell Lt-Governor of Tortola
Father → Son
John Purcell
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