Assorted rogues - Person Sheet
Assorted rogues - Person Sheet
NameThomas de la Coeur Desbrisay 
Birth10 Dec 1735, Dublin
Death16 Oct 1819, Charlottetown, Canada
TitleLt. Gov.
FatherSamuel Théophile de la Coeur Desbrisay (1694-1772)
MotherMagdalena de Vergèse D’Aubussargues (1703-1788)
Notes for Thomas de la Coeur Desbrisay
Death Notes: He died at his home, which was called "Ellen's Grove".
Burial Notes: Old Protestant Burying Ground.
General Notes: He was a colonial administrator, office holder, and politician.
From The Dictionary of Canadian Biography, by F.L. Pigot:
"Of Huguenot ancestry, Thomas Desbrisay was a member of "one of the oldest branches of a highly respectable family." Appointed an ensign in the 35th Foot (Donegall's) at the age of 10, he attained the rank of captain in the Royal Irish Artillery on 8 Feb 1760. This career was terminated when on 31 Jul 1769, he was commissioned lieutenant governor, secretary and registrar of St. John's (Prince Edward) Island. Ten years were to elapse before he took up the appointment. Having acquired land on the Island, he busied himself for a few years with attempts to recruit settlers in Ireland. In 1773, however, the British Government, unwilling to encourage emigration, expressly forbad him to continue his efforts.
On 8 Jul 1771, apparently believing that Desbrisay was soon to arrive, Governor Walter Patterson had appointed him a justice of the peace for Queens County. Three years later Patterson was to describe the absentee lieutenant governor as "very unfit to hold any Offices under His Majesty." He charged that Desbrisay had attempted to interfere in the proper allocation of colonial funds; moreover, he had mortgaged his properties and, without discharging the mortgages, sold parcels of land to prospective settlers who were subsequently ruined by the expense of a voyage from the British Isles and the loss of their purchase money, the deeds they had received from Desbrisay being of no effect. Desbrisay was nevertheless retained as lieutenant governor, and in the summer of 1779 was ordered by the secretary of state for the American Colonies to take up his appointment."
His descendants given in detail in http://jmw.dynip.com/Genealogy/
Burial Notes: Old Protestant Burying Ground.
General Notes: He was a colonial administrator, office holder, and politician.
From The Dictionary of Canadian Biography, by F.L. Pigot:
"Of Huguenot ancestry, Thomas Desbrisay was a member of "one of the oldest branches of a highly respectable family." Appointed an ensign in the 35th Foot (Donegall's) at the age of 10, he attained the rank of captain in the Royal Irish Artillery on 8 Feb 1760. This career was terminated when on 31 Jul 1769, he was commissioned lieutenant governor, secretary and registrar of St. John's (Prince Edward) Island. Ten years were to elapse before he took up the appointment. Having acquired land on the Island, he busied himself for a few years with attempts to recruit settlers in Ireland. In 1773, however, the British Government, unwilling to encourage emigration, expressly forbad him to continue his efforts.
On 8 Jul 1771, apparently believing that Desbrisay was soon to arrive, Governor Walter Patterson had appointed him a justice of the peace for Queens County. Three years later Patterson was to describe the absentee lieutenant governor as "very unfit to hold any Offices under His Majesty." He charged that Desbrisay had attempted to interfere in the proper allocation of colonial funds; moreover, he had mortgaged his properties and, without discharging the mortgages, sold parcels of land to prospective settlers who were subsequently ruined by the expense of a voyage from the British Isles and the loss of their purchase money, the deeds they had received from Desbrisay being of no effect. Desbrisay was nevertheless retained as lieutenant governor, and in the summer of 1779 was ordered by the secretary of state for the American Colonies to take up his appointment."
His descendants given in detail in http://jmw.dynip.com/Genealogy/
Notes for Ellen (Spouse 1)
I put in one descent from this couple, only because it leads to Don Lowe, who has given me so much information, and helped me find so much more.