Ernest, I was concerned to see that you believe William Irish and Sarah Wyke had no children particularly as I understand you are very knowledgeable on these matters for that time and place. Here is an excerpt in which the author agrees with us and he seems to be working from original documentation. [from Sugar And Slavery: An Economic History of the British West Indies, 1623-1775 by Richard B Sheridan] "While there are no grounds for asserting that for every success there was a failure, not a few of the latter are recorded in the archives of Montserrat and England. That not all failures can be attributed to absenteeism is revealed by a letter concerning William Irish, whose father’s plantation ranked tenth in the 1729 census. His stepfather, Colonel Samuel Martin of Antigua, could not understand how he contrived to be always in much debt, ‘for I have been told, that when he had not company, he lived like a Beggar to Windward; but he kept house for his cousins at Wyke’s, which was the Sluice of all ye produce of both his Estates’. Martin L B vol.2, f.282;Lrc to Samuel Martin, Jr 22 Sept. 1767" This William Irish named his son Samuel Martin Irish (for some reason) and his daughter Sarah (from whom I descend). I guess by 1767 this William was a widower and the children will have been at school in England. I have no record of the name of their mother. That is one of my principal objectives in this exercise. There may have been good reason to suppress it in Burke's LG. The estates are said to have been The Hermitage and The Riverhead Montserrrat. I'm very keen to know why you believe Col Martin, (so Sheridan) Burke and my family are mistaken. You could be correct. With kind regards, David PS Do you know of a Leonard Martin born to Colonel Samuel Martin and Frances Yeamans about 1715? (admitted to Westminster 1727 aged 12, later assistant-Solicitor to The Treasury during Sir Robert Walpole's government, specifically in 1744) On Nov 4, 2007, at 2:53 AM, Ernest M. Wiltshire wrote: > Some of the Antigua families you mention (esp. Byam, Martin, Warner) > are > quite central to my research, as they tie in to my Barbados families snip > Wyke Generation One > 1. Edward1 WYKE (Lieut. Gov. of Montserrat). > Children of Edward1 Wyke (Lieut. Gov. of Montserrat) include: > 2. i. Sarah2 WYKE IRISH-MARTIN was born in of Montserrat > B.W.I. She and Col. Samuel Martin married. She and William Irish > married. > Generation Two > 2. Sarah2 WYKE IRISH-MARTIN (Edward1) was of Montserrat B.W.I. > She and > Col. Samuel Martin married. She and William Irish married. She > died in > 1748. > She was the daughter of Edward Wyke, Lieutenant Governor of > Montserrat. > Col. Samuel MARTIN was christened in 1694 in St. John's, Antigua > B.W.I. > He and Mrs. Martin Frances Yeamans married. He died in Nov 1776. He > inherited Green Castle plantation, Antigua from his father. > Children of Sarah2 Wyke IRISH-MARTIN and Col. Samuel Martin were: > 3. i. Sir Henry3 MARTIN Bart. was born on 29 Aug 1733 in > Shroton House, Dorset, England. He and Lady Martin Eliza Anne Parker > married in Mar 1761. > William IRISH was born in of Montserrat B.W.I. There were no > children > of Sarah2 Wyke IRISH-MARTIN and William Irish.
Apologies for one error in my last post: the lists are for both Barbados AND Antigua. http://compensations.plantations.bb/ Ernest M. Wiltshire No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.4/1146 - Release Date: 11/22/2007 6:55 PM