William Chacon Lindsey

???? - 1877

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Husband of Mary Wilhelmina née Jarvis; claimed unsuccessfully for compensation on Thibou’s Estate, Antigua.

  1. William Chacon Lindsay [sic] was a 1st Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery, 08/11/1814.

  2. Mary Grace Henrietta Lindsey, daughter of William Chacon Lindsey and Mary Wilhelmina was baptised 19/09/1836 at St James, Paddington. Record of the death of his wife Mary Wilhelmina gives her marriage as July 1835 and another daughter as well, Ella. Ella Caroline Lindsey's birth was registered Q4 1839 Stroud; she died 11/01/1914, unmarried, effects over £13,000.

  3. Will of William Chacon Lindsey late of 5 Carlton Villas Winchester, a Captain in the Royal Artillery on Half-Pay who died 12/05/1877 proved 29/05/1877 by Mary Wilhelmina Lindsey the widow, effects under £450.


Sources

T71/877 Antigua claim no. 30: counterclaim from Capt Wm Chacon Lindsey and Mary Wilhelmina his wife & Grace Jarvis of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, for arrears of jointure due to Mary Elizabeth Shepherd Freeman Jarvis.

  1. Great Britain War Office, A List of the officers of the Army and of the Corps of Royal Marines, on full and half-pay (London, War Office, 1821) p. 318. National Probate Calendar 1914.

  2. www.familysearch.org batch no. C07903-2; Ancestry.com, London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906 [database online] (which gives him as William Shacon Lindsey); Vere Langford Oliver, The History of the island of Antigua ... from the first settlement in 1635 to the present time (3 vols., London, Mitchell and Hughes, 1894-99) Vol. 3 p. 431.

  3. National Probate Calendar 1877.

We are grateful to William Norton for his assistance with compiling this entry.


Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish
Spouse
Mary Wilhelmina Jarvis
Children
Mary Grace Henrietta (1836-), Ella Caroline (1838-1914)
Occupation
Soldier

Associated Claims (1)

£4,194 12s 7d
Unsuccessful claimant

Relationships (6)

Son-in-law → Father-in-law
Husband → Wife
Brother-in-law → Sister-in-law
Brother-in-laws
Brothers
Nephew → Uncle

Addresses (4)

Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire, South-west England, England
36 Sydney Buildings, Bathwick, Somerset, South-west England, England
5 Compton Road, Carlton Villas, Winchester, Hampshire, Wessex, England
Castle Hill Crescent, Reading, Berkshire, Central England, England