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Thomas Hackshaw

Male Abt 1745 - 1782  (~ 37 years)


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  • Name Thomas Hackshaw 
    Born Abt 1745  Hinton, St George, Somerset Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 11 Feb 1782  St Andrew's Parish, St Vincent Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I594  Ancestorium
    Last Modified 1 Feb 2022 

    Family Lydia Alexander,   b. c 1756, Antigua Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1836, St Thomas, Virgin Islands Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 80 years) 
    Married 30 Jan 1772  St Vincent and the Grenadines Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 1 Feb 2022 
    Family ID F244  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Thomas Hackshaw Esq 1745–1782
      BIRTH ABT 1745 • Hinton, St George, Somerset
      DEATH 11 FEB 1782 • St Andrew's Parish, St Vincent
      From
      Horn Family Tree. nickhorn_1
      https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/5364435/person/24888677766/facts
      Marriage
      30 Jan 1772 • St Vincent
      Lydia Alexander (1756–1836)
      ++++++++++++++++

      The Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery
      https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146642739

      Thomas Hackshaw
      Profile & Legacies Summary
      ???? - 1782

      Biography
      Thomas Hackshaw (1745-1782) was born in England, from Hinton, St George, Somerset. He married Lydia Alexander on St Vincent 30/01/1772. He went during the American Revolution to seek land in British West Florida (he was granted 500 of the 1800 acres he sought), before returning to his wife and children on St Vincent and dying there 11/02/1782. Their children were Lydia (1773-?) who married Thomas Dakins/Dakyns; twins George and Thomas (1775-1775); and Harry Hackshaw, baptised 16/07/1774, who married Harriet/Henrietta Marion Mackay in St Vincent. Lydia Hackshaw née Alexander remarried, to Alexander Burrowes Irwin 04/08/1801 at St Pancras, had three more children (Harriet Frances; Henry Bury and Charlotte Martha, who married John Roche Dasent) and died 21/03/1836 and was buried at St Dunstan's-in-the-west Fleet Street.
      The will of Thomas Hackshaw of the island of St Vincent but now of Delahay Street Middlesex was proved 03/05/1782. The will was made in 1770, and if this is the same man it preceded his marriage and makes no provision for a future family. The beneficiaries were family members for annuities and then Watkin Jenkins and Matthew Brickdale of Bristol. Again assuming this is the same man, ordinarily, it would be presumed that he would have remade his will on marriage: there might thus be another will extant that superseded that of 1782.
      'Hackshaw' appeared as the original purchaser of Lot No. 97 of 212 acres on St Vincent, which became the Hope estate.

      Sources
      St Vincent and Grenadines Genealogy Research, http://svgancestry.com/index.php/thomas-hackshaw-of-st-vincent/ [accessed 22/02/2012]. This site also shows two additonal children, Lydia Jane and Thomas.
      PROB 11/1090/180.
      Charles Shephard, History of the island of St Vincent Appendix XX, following John Byres' plan of 1776.

      Further Information
      Absentee? Transatlantic?
      SpouseLydia Alexander
      ChildrenLydia; George; Thomas; Harry
      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

      1776 [EA] - → OWNER Hope [ St Vincent ]
      'Hackshaw' was the purchaser of the Lot which became the Hope estate; the connection with Thomas Hackshaw appears to be confirmed by the presence in the Slave Registers for the Hope estate of trustees for Matthew Brickdale, who had been a beneficiary under the will of Thomas Hackshaw made in 1770.
      Relationships (5)

      Thomas Hackshaw SON-IN-LAW → FATHER-IN-LAW Harry AlexanderDETAILS
      Thomas Hackshaw FATHER → SON Harry HackshawDETAILS
      Thomas Hackshaw FATHER → DAUGHTER Lydia Dakins (née Hackshaw)DETAILS
      Thomas Hackshaw TESTATOR → TRUSTEE Watkin JenkinsDETAILSNotes →Watkin Jenkins was also the residuary legatee of Hackshaw's will made in...
      Thomas Hackshaw DECEASED HUSBAND → WIDOW Lydia Irwin formerly Hackshaw (née Alexander)DETAILS

      Addresses (1)
      Delahay Street, Westminster, London, Middlesex, London, EnglandDETAILS