Dr William Tyrell or Tyrrell

???? - 1768


Biography

Owner of Tyrrell's Cove in St Mary Jamaica. Dead by 1768. Nothing further has been traced of him to date, although it is likely that William Van [also given as Von] Trump Tyrrell (1762-1837), shown as 'late of Jamaica but now of Stockbridge' on his marriage to Miss Martin in 1793 and buried at Longstock, Hampshire, was a descendant, probably son, of Dr William Tyrrell. The will of William Van Trump Tyrrell of Winchester proved 24/05/1837 is silent on Jamaican property.

William Tyrrell was listed in the Jamaican Quit Rent books for 1754 as the owner of 250 acres of land in St Mary.

William Tyrell of St Elizabeth, doctor. Estate probated in Jamaica in 1768. Slave-ownership at probate: 86 of whom 44 were listed as male and 42 as female. 18 were listed as boys, girls or children. Total value of estate at probate: £4404.68 Jamaican currency of which £3920.25 currency was the value of enslaved people. Estate valuation included £0 currency cash, £200 currency debts and £0 currency plate.


Sources

Caribbeana III Monumental Inscriptions; PROB 11/1879/172.

'A List of landholders in the Island of Jamaica together with the number of acres each person possessed taken from the quit rent books in the year 1754', TNA CO 142/31 transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples2/1754lead.htm.

Trevor Burnard, Database of Jamaican inventories, 1674-1784.


Further Information

Absentee?
Transatlantic

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
1769 [EA] - 1783 [LA] → Previous owner

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