UCL

James Trant

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1804

Biography

Husband of Mary Trant nee Barrett and father of Dominick Trant (both of whom q.v.).

  1. Will of James Trant of [Montserrat but now residing at] Upper Ryde Isle of Wight proved 12/03/1804. He entailed his estates for his son and the latter's heirs, failing whom to his brother Henry Trant. He left annuities of £50 p.a. each to Francis Rowland, 'now...chaplain' to Lord Newburgh [?], and to Trant's two sisters Frances, the wife of Col. Henry Dillon, and Elizabeth Trant. He had, he said, let [or sub-let] his house on Hans Place.

Sources

  1. PROB 11/1406/135

Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish
Spouse
Mary Barrett
Children
Dominick and others

Associated Estates (1)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1817 [EA] - 1821 [LA] → Previous owner
Lower Estate or Lower Windward [ Montserrat ]

Relationships (6)

James Trant
Father → Son
Dominick Trant
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James Trant
Husband → Wife
Mary Trant (née Barrett)
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James Trant
Brothers
Henry Trant
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Possibly nephew and uncle: there are contradictions within the sources as to whether both were the sons of Dominick Henry Trant of Easingwold Yorks., or whether Henry was in fact the son of another...
James Trant
Brother → Sister
Elizabeth Hill (née Trant)
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James Trant
Other relatives
Dominick Trant of Montserrat and London
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Probably great-grandfather and great-grandson. In the will of Dominick Trant of Montserrat and London proved in 1762, he refers to a son James and a grandson Dominick. It appears that the son James...
James Trant
Son → Father
Dominick Henry Trant
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Addresses (1)

Upper Ryde, Ryde, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, Wessex, England
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