Sir William Thomas 2nd Bart.

Profile & Legacies Summary

1721 - 1777

Biography

Son of Sir George Thomas 1st bart. (1694-1773).

Will of Sir William Thomas of [New Norfolk Street] St George Hanover Square proved 02/01/1778. He left his daughters Mary and Lydia £4000 each, and his grandsons George Lyons and William Roe [sp?] £1000 each. He left £500 to Mrs Frances Giles of 52 Margaret Street Cavendish Square and confirmed the settlement he had made upon her. Using a power under his marriage settlement with his late wife Margaret [nee Sydserfe], he charged £4000 on his North Sound estate in Antigua to be raised as soon as possible without distressing his heir, to be divided between his three daughters Susanna Roe, Mary Thomas and Lydia Thomas. He left 1 shilling for her 'undutiful behaviour' to Mrs Frances Williams formerly Frances Thomas, wife of John Mongrel [sic] Williams. After monetary legacies to servants, the remainder of his estate went to his only son George Thomas.

Sources

PROB 11/1038/13.

Further Information

Absentee?

British/Irish

Spouse

Margaret Sydserfe

Children

Mary, Lydia, Susanna

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

- 1777 [EY] → Tenant-for-life

North Sound, St George [ Antigua ]

Sir William Thomas had the power (which he exercised) under his marriage settlement to charge £4000 on the North Sound estate. LBS has inferred he was tenant-for-life.

- 1777 [LA] → Tenant-for-life

Winthrope's [ Antigua ]

Inferred by LBS. William Thomas inherited the [unnamed] Antiguan estates of his father Sir George Thomas as tenant-for-life.