Thanks Chris I will do some digging on those references. No I do not believe he is related to those Lyons. His family either stayed in the UK or some went to Australia- my wife's connection. He had a habit of getting into trouble as in the war of 1812 he was captured by the Brig Yankee and had his ship confiscated. He was placed on a Portugese ship wiht most of his crew and let go having given his parole. Cheers Paul On 19/11/2010 11:39 PM, CM Codrington wrote: > Hi Paul > > There are any number of reasons a ship captain or master might be in jail > particularly relating to trade legalities such as "trading under neutral > flag" failure to pay duties, ad infinitum. > You might get lucky with George by doing a search online at British History > Online. Do a text search on "Calendar of State Papers Colonial" and see if > mention is not made in correspondence. Because his surname is quite common > in official matters over the history of the west Indies, you will probably > have to weed through a lot of hits.... Often if his situation was a matter > of debate pleas might be directed to the Committee on Trade and Plantations > in England. That correspondence comprises the mass of the "Calendars" > > Do you know if he is related to any of the Lyons who had interests in > Antigua and Barbados? That family had mercantile interests and spread out a > lot. There is material on them in History of Antigua, VL Oliver and various > other references. I'll poke around abit tonight and see if anything rings a > bell > > The Calendars provide all sorts of information on all sorts of things if one > has the patience to explore them > > Good Luck > ChrisCod > > >