Main Swete Walrond of Antigua

1725 - 1790


Biography

Son of Theodore Walrond of Antigua (d. 1750) and Elizabeth Wills, father of Joseph Lyons Walrond (q.v.) and Main Swete Walrond 'of Manadan' (d. 1817) among others, and father-in-law of John Holloway (d. 1826), who has an entry in the Dictionary of Canadian Biography as 'naval officer and governor of Newfoundland.'

Walrond's son was also known as Main Swete Walrond (21 July 1758-16 May 1817). His first marriage in 1778 was to Elizabeth, daughter of Charles Andrew Chabart , Governor of Sint Eustatius (St. Eustacia), a Dutch Caribbean colony.


Sources

Vere Langford Oliver History of Antigua Vol. III pp. 180-181 'Walrond Family'; Frederic F. Thompson, “HOLLOWAY, JOHN,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 6, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed July 3, 2018, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/holloway_john_6E.html. R. L. Arrowsmith (comp.), Charterhouse Register 1769 -1872 (London & Chichester, Phillimore, 1974). Thanks to Catherine Smith, Charterhouse Archivist, for this reference.


Further Information

Spouse
Sarah Lyons

Relationships (4)

Father → Son
Grandfather → Grandson
Grandfather → Grandson
Grandfather → Grandson