George Protheroe

Profile & Legacies Summary

2^nd Mar 1786 - 19^th Apr 1860

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Partner until 1836 with his cousin Philip Protheroe (q.v.). Son of Joseph Protheroe of Newton and Dinaston Loveston.

Married Sarah Hungerford Powell (born Dominica) 26/10/1809 Bristol. Daughter Lucy Hungerford Protheroe baptised in Bristol in 1813. Sheriff of Bristol in 1830 (when the Mayor was John Savage (q.v.) and the other sheriff was William Claxton (q.v.)). At Norton, Tenby, in the censuses of 1841 and 1851; his widow was in the same place in 1861. Will of George Protheroe of Tenby Pembrokeshire proved 19/06/1860, effects under £600.

Sources

Ancestry.com, England and Wales, Marriages and Banns, 1538-1940 [database online]; Findmypast.co.uk, England, Births & Baptisms 1538-1975 [database online]; John Latimer, The Annals of Bristol in the Nineteenth Century (1887) p. 537; 1841, 1851 and 1861 censuses online; National Probate Calendar 1860.

We are grateful to Ruth Hecht for her assistance with compiling this entry.

Further Information

Absentee?

British/Irish

Spouse

Sarah Hungerford Powell (1809)

Children

Lucy Hungerford (1814-)

Wealth at death

£600

Occupation

Merchant

Associated Claims (3)

Associated Estates (9)

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

1825 [EA] - 1831 [LA] → Joint owner

Endeavour [ Trinidad | Point à Pierre ]

The estate was shown as belonging to 'Protheroe & Claxton' but this appears to have been the former trading name of Philip and George Protheroe.

21/07/1826 [SD] - 02/11/1826 [ED] → Mortgage Holder

Mullet Hall [ Jamaica | Clarendon ]

T71/859: claim by Arthur Foulks. Counterclaim by Stephen Cave, 'mortgagee in fee under the following deeds dated 21 July 1826 mortgage in fee Arthur Foulks to Philip & George Protheroe 2 Nov. 1826 transfer thereof by Philip & George Protheroe to Stephen Cave for £24,206 14s due 30 April 1835.' Foulks admitted the counterclaim.

1829 [EA] - → Joint owner

Paradise Estate [ Jamaica | St George ]

1823 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Not known

Spring Garden Estate [ Jamaica | St George ]

Assignment by Philip and George Protheroe and others to Melmoth Walters, of residue of 2 mortgage terms in Spring Garden estate, Jamaica. Date: 1823 April 3

1834 [EA] - → Joint owner

Stanton Harcourt Estate (and Newington) [ Jamaica | Portland ]

1820 [EA] - → Joint owner

Stanton Harcourt Estate (and Newington) [ Jamaica | Portland ]

1829 [EA] - → Joint owner

Unknown [ Jamaica | Westmoreland ]

1828 [EA] - 1828 [LA] → Joint owner

Wellington [ Trinidad | South Naparima ]

1832 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Joint owner

York [ Jamaica | St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey ]