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Dr. Alexander Kirton, Surgeon

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  • Name Alexander Kirton  [1, 2
    Prefix Dr. 
    Suffix Surgeon 
    Gender Male 
    Beneficiary
    • He was mentioned in a will written by his mother on May 28, 1765.
      Ann Kirton of Christ Church, Barbados, widow, 28 May 1765.
      All my 90 acres and house in Christ Church, 12 negro man, 8 women, 8 boys, 11 girls to Jas. Simmons, Benj. Nicolls, Walter Caddle, Junior and Henry Peter Simmons on T. To Mrs. Susannah Fretter £10 c. a year. My son Alexr. of the parish of St. Michael, surgeon, the use of my plantation for life and subject to the education and care of my granddaughter Ann Kirton and my grandson John Kirton, his children, after their Father's death, to his said two children, viz., two thirds to John at 22 and one third to Ann. If my said grandson Johns die then two thirds to Ann and one third to my daughter Mary Simmons, widow. If Ann die first then all to John; if both die then all to my daughter Mary Simmons; if all three die then the plantation to be sold and then £200 to my sister Eliz. Purchase or her son Alex. Purchase, £200 to Mrs. Cathy Miller of Christ Church or her daughter Ann Miller, £100 to each of the children of my brother Walter Caddle, Esq., and £50 to my nephew Anderson Stanton. £50 to my niece Anne Bend his sister, and £50 to each T., and all the rest to the said Wr. Caddle, Junior, and Hen. Peter Simmons. Henry Beckles, Esq., Tho. Wollford and Richd. Wiltshire, Esq., Exors.
      Proved 15 October 1765 before Chas. Pinfold, President
      Barbados entered 15 October 1765
    Death
    • Y
    Person ID I4402  Gittens Direct Line from Reunion
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2013 

    Father John Kirton, M. D.   d. 15 Jul 1732, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Anne Caddle,   b. 1700   d. 1 Aug 1765, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years) 
    Family ID F1408  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Barbara Anderson   d. 1790 
    Children 
    +1. Anne Kirton   d. 22 Jun 1804, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    >2. John Kirton-Anderson,   b. 1758   d. 1816 (Age 58 years)
    Family ID F1343  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Sep 2013 

  • Sources 
    1. [S237] James C. Brandow, editor, Genealogies of Barbados Families, From Caribbeana and the Journal of the Barbados Museum and Historical Society, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genalogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1983.), I: page 55.

    2. [S237] James C. Brandow, editor, Genealogies of Barbados Families, From Caribbeana and the Journal of the Barbados Museum and Historical Society, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genalogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1983.), I: Page 374-376.