Family:Thomas Lee and Elizabeth Irish (1)

Calendar of State Papers, Colonial Series, Preserved in the Public Record Office, Great Britain PRO, 1908

p422 - 7 Sept 1699, Whitehall

• Instructions to Christopher Codrington as Captain General and Governor in Chief of HM Carribbee Islands, lying to leeward from Guardaloupe to the Island of St. John de Porto Rico. Upon arrival to assemble the Council. Councillors nominated for Montserrat - Col Thomas Delaval, LG, Col Edward Fox, Edward Parsons, William Fox, Anthony Hodges, JR, Thomas Lee, Richard Clayton, John Irish, William Fry, John Seet, Janes Thynne.

p851 - 18 July 1699, Montserrat

• Lists of names of which the respective Councils in the Leeward Islands were filled. Various lists, drawn up by Col Codrington, Mr Cary, Mr Weaver, and Mr Vernon with observations on the various choices by Cary and Weaver. Finally the names agreed by the council.
• Col Thomas De La Val, Lt. Gov, Col Francis Collingwood, Lt Gen, Edward Parsons, William Fox, Anthony Hodges, jr, Thomas Lee, Richard Clayton (non-resident), John Irish, William Fry, John Scott, and James Thynn. Generally described as Of good sense, honesty, and repute: Thomas Lee, Of good estate, a Dutchman, not much conversant in business. Other names suggested: Anthony Hodges, Sr. (deceased), John Davis (dead), Edward Buncomb (marked xxxm) and Joseph Little.

Caribbeana: being miscellaneous papers relating to the history, genealogy, topography and antiquities of the British West Indies, Vere Langford Oliver, Hughes and Clarke Publishers:London, V1, 1910

Transcription of Baptisms in St. Anthony Parish, Montserrat

• p42 - Jane daughter of Mr. Thomas Lee and Elizabeth his wife

Transcriptions of Burials in St. Anhony Parish, Montserrat

• p87 - 26 July 1728 Captain Thomas Lee

Will of William Irish, brother of Nathaniel Irish (See William Irish person page for full will)

Montserrat

• I give unto my brother-in-law, William Johnson, and my sister, Mary, his wife, and to my brother-in-law, Thomas Lee, and my sister Elizabeth, his wife, and to the executors of this will, a suit of

mourning apiece. All the rest and residue of my estate I give to my son, William Irish, and his heirs forever.

• I nominate and appoint my father-in-law, George Clyke, and my brother- in-law, Thomas Lee, and my friend, Dominick Trant, executors of my

last will, and to each give the sum of fifty pounds sterling to buy them a mourning ring."

I have this last will and testament in 2 sheets of paper put my hand and seal 29 Oct 1729

/William Irish/

Will of Nathaniel Irish, SR, son of William Irish of Montserrat (See Nathaniel Irish person page for full will)

Calendar of New Jersey Wills from Ancestry.com, p259-260, 4 Jan 1747, Filed Recorder's Office, State House, Trenton, NJ p440/1

Nathaniel Irish, brother of William Irish of Montserrat, BWI. His will was written on 29 Feb 1747 and proven 18 Apr 1748 in NJ

I give sister Elizabeth Lee of island Montserrat, if she be living at my decease, 200 pounds current money of PA, to be shipped to her;

To my sister Lee's 3 daughters, Sarah, Elizabeth, Jane 100 pounds to be paid as soon as my affairs permit;