Alexander Purcell Anderson

???? - 1840


Biography

MD, dying of Hampden [sic] House Brighton in 1840. Sometime before 1821, he had sold for £1921 to his brother James Anderson of New City Chambers (q.v.) part of a £4000 mortgage over Brewers Bay estate [and the enslaved people attached to it] owed by their deceased brother Andrew Anderson. He was presumably a namesake of John Purcell of Tortola.

  1. Will of Alexander Purcell Anderson doctor of Medicine of Brighton proved 28/12/1840. The beneficiaries were his nieces Caroline and Anna Anderson (each of whom q.v.).

Sources

  1. PROB 11/1937/89.

Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish
Spouse
Mary Cathcart Pycroft

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
1821 [EA] - 1821 [LA] → Mortgage Holder

In his will made in 1821, James Anderson said that the had previously purchased for £1921 from his brother Alexander Purcell Anderson part of the mortgage the two held over their brother Andrew Anderson's Brewers Bay estate on Tortola.


Relationships (5)

Brothers
Brothers
Son → Father
Notes →
Inferred relationship...
Uncle → Niece
Uncle → Niece

Addresses (1)

Hampden House, Marine Parade, Brighton, Sussex, South-east England, England