Thomas Anstey (abt. 1769 - 1847)

Born about 1769 in Twillingate, Newfoundland Colony

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Died 17 Sep 1847 at about age 78 in Twillingate, Newfoundland Colony

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Biography

From "Twillingate Anstey Ancestry": Charles Anstey was a Twillingate Planter, engaged by Slade’s. Apparently post 1774 Charles Anstey was not a healthy man, or he was deceased. Smallpox? Who was going to look after his family? Post 1774, Charles' mounting debt was kept on the Slade Ledgers in quite normal fashion. Any young healthy sons might “truck” enough fish, or provide labour, to repay the debt, when they became of working age. Did John Slade ( 1747 – 1823/4 ) contemplate adopting Charles Anstey’s son? Was the son Thomas Anstey? Thomas Anstey was deceased at Twillingate on Sep 17, 1847 at Bluff Head Cove, aged 78 years. Thomas Anstey born abt 1769. A boy in 1776. John Slade required manpower for his growing Twillingate branch business in 1776. A young boy native of Twillingate, was not a negative thing. Thomas Anstey was one soul he would not have to relocate out from England, to a very frontier, isolated Twillingate, for his business.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ NL GenWeb Twillingate Anstey Ancestry. Transcribed by David Anstey. Accessed 2017.

ANSTEY Thomas 1764 Mariner master departs the ‘Dolphin’ for Newfoundland, owner J. White, also Poole 1776 & 1778 ANSTEY Thomas 1776 & 1778 Mariner master departs the ‘Dolphin’ for Newfoundland, owner J. White, also Poole 1776 & 1778 https://www.opcdorset.org/PooleFiles/PooleSeafarers1701-1800.htm