The HALLs of Jamaica – Allegonda’s Legacy

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APPENDIX 5 The VIDALs and MASTERS

All the information in this Appendix has come courtesy of Jeremy White.

For further information or to make corrections or addition for the Vidal-Hall family or the Vidals of Jamaica, please contact Jeremy White, 1242 Great Plain Ave, Needham, MA 02492 USA or email at jeremy@delphi.com

He has far more information than can be included here so I’ve pruned it heavily, and have made minor changes to some of the data.

There are four parts to this Appendix:

The chart of ancestors of “Dick” Roderick Sutherland Vidal-Hall shows how the Boom/Hall, Jackson/Rawleigh, Vidal, and Masters families fit together.

The chart of descendants of Herbert Masters (4 generations) shows the cross-branch connection between the spouses of Charles Herman Vidal Hall and Donald Neville Turner. A name list follows.

The first chart of descendants of John Vidall (6 generations) shows the ancestry of Jane Vidal. A name index follows.

The second chart of descendants of John Vidall (6 generations) is identical to the first except that it contains large descriptive notes for some family members.

Ancestors of “Dick” Roderick Sutherland Vidal-Hall

Descendants of Herbert Masters (4 generations)

1 Herbert MASTERS b. AFT 1832 d. 1923

m. Alice Mary SUTHERLAND

2 Edith Emily MASTERS b. 2 Dec 1880 Sheerness, Kent, England

d. 19 May 1963 Sutton Courtenay, Berkshire, UK

m. Charles Herman Vidal HALL m. 17 Oct 1908 Sheppey, Kent, England

b. 18 Mar 1865 Linstead, St Thomas in the Vale, Jamaica

d. 3 Mar 1963 Sutton Courtenay, Berkshire, UK

3 Roderick Sutherland 'Dick' VIDAL-HALL b. 24 Oct 1909 Black River, St Elizabeth

d. 20 Oct 1992 Lindfield, Surrey

m. Rachel RENDALL m. C1933 b. C1914 England

d. 1988 Denver, Colorado, USA

m. Barbara Lee ARCHBALD m. SEP 1949 London, UK b. 9 Apr 1914

d. 1970

m. Mildred LeROUX m. 20 Jun 1987 Lindfield, Surrey, UK

b. SEP 1912 South Africa (?) d. MAY 1998 South Africa

4 Timothy John VIDAL-HALL b. 8 Oct 1934

m. Judith BUNTING

m. Barbara <STANDRING> m. MAY 1995

4 Roderick Mark VIDAL-HALL b. 21 Jan 1937 Beckenham, Kent, UK

m. Patricia Mary PRIMMER m. 16 Jul 1960 Bayswater, London, UK

b. 8 Sep 1936 Truro, Cornwall, UK

4 Clare Nellist VIDAL-HALL b. 27 Mar 1951 London, England

3 Maurice Patric VIDAL-HALL b. 24 Dec 1911 Black River, St Elizabeth, Jamaica

d. 4 Feb 1964 Sudan

m. Johanna Isabella LABUSCHAGNE m. 1942 Johannesburg

b. 1916 Lesotho d. 1981

4 Charles Patric VIDAL-HALL b. 1944 South Africa

m. Maryna Sussana Petranella DuTOIT m. 1969 Cape Town, South Africa

b. 1951 South Africa

4 Sandra Elizabeth VIDAL-HALL b. 3 Dec 1947 Sutton Courtney, England

m. Michael Edwin WILSON m. 2 Apr 1976 Perth, Australia

b. 25 Aug 1945 Hastings, England

4 Sylvia Christine 'Binty' VIDAL-HALL b. 3 Nov 1948 South Africa

m. Francis Roy RICHARDS m. 20 Apr 1966 South Africa b. 1940

4 Rosemary Edith VIDAL-HALL b. 8 Jan 1952

m. Bruce John TREADWAY m. 24 Feb 1972 Cape Town, South Africa

b. 12 Dec 1948

3 Angele Marjorie VIDAL-HALL b. 3 Oct 1916 Black River, St Elizabeth, Jamaica

2 Edward Godfrey MASTERS

m. Alison F Mary POPE

3 Ann Sutherland MASTERS b. 8 Aug 1928 Tsing Tao, China

m. Donald Neville TURNER m. 16 Aug 1947

b. 11 Aug 1919 Bog Walk, St Catherine, Jamaica

d. 1 Sep 1995 ?

4 Anthony Colin Neville TURNER b. 7 Sep 1951 London, England

m. Penelope Ann Severne MAXWELL m. 15 Jul 1978 Mandeville, Manchester

4 Diana Jane Neville TURNER b. 7 Jan 1956

4 Roger Neil Neville TURNER b. 1 Sep 1957 Kingston, Jamaica

m. Claire Adrienne WILDISH m. 4 Sep 1982 Turweston, N. Hants., England

b. 28 Jan 1960 Kingston, Jamaica

Descendents of Herbert Masters Alphabetical Name List

<STANDRING>, Barbara

ARCHBALD, Barbara Lee

BUNTING, Judith

DuTOIT, Maryna Sussana Petranella

HALL, Charles Herman Vidal

LABUSCHAGNE, Johanna Isabella

LeROUX, Mildred

MASTERS, Ann Sutherland

MASTERS, Edith Emily

MASTERS, Edward Godfrey

MASTERS, Herbert

MAXWELL, Penelope Ann Severne

POPE, Alison F Mary

PRIMMER, Patricia Mary

RENDALL, Rachel

RICHARDS, Francis Roy

SUTHERLAND, Alice Mary

TREADWAY, Bruce John

TURNER, Anthony Colin Neville

TURNER, Diana Jane Neville

TURNER, Donald Neville

TURNER, Roger Neil Neville

VIDAL-HALL, Angele Marjorie

VIDAL-HALL, Charles Patric

VIDAL-HALL, Clare Nellist

VIDAL-HALL, Maurice Patric

VIDAL-HALL, Roderick Mark

VIDAL-HALL, Roderick Sutherland 'Dick'

VIDAL-HALL, Rosemary Edith

VIDAL-HALL, Sandra Elizabeth

VIDAL-HALL, Sylvia Christine 'Binty'

VIDAL-HALL, Timothy John

WILDISH, Claire Adrienne

WILSON, Michael Edwin

Descendants of John Vidall (6 generations)

1 John Vidall b. BEF. 1635

2 Stephen Vidal b. BEF. 1695

3 Charles Vidal b. 1710

m. ABT. 1732 Lettice <Vidal> d. 19 Feb 1742/43

4 Mary Vidal b. 14 Jun 1733

4 Charles Lewis Vidal b. 1735 d. AFT. 1766 m. Millborough <Vidal>

5 Stephen Vidal b. BEF. 19 MAY 1767 d. AFT. 1786

4 John Vidal b. 1740 d. 1764

m. Sarah Diston

m. 17 Oct 1761 Mary Wade b. BEF. 24 SEP 1744 d. 3 Oct 1780

[daughter of James WADE and Elizabeth <Wade>]

5 James Vidal b. 10 Aug 1761

5 Mary Vidal b. 11 Feb 1763 d. 1824 m. <male> Darling

6 Ann Darling

6 Elizabeth Darling

5 John James Vidal b. 19 Sep 1763 d. 22 Oct 1823

m. 15 May 1791 Elizabeth Wade Allwood b. 26 Oct 1774 d. 18 Oct 1858

[daughter of Francis Allwood and Jane Wade]

6 Francis Vidal b. 26 Nov 1805 d. 20 Jun 1884

m. 25 Apr 1835 Mary Theresa Johnson b. 23 Jun 1815 d. 19 Nov 1873

6 Elizabeth Vidal b. 1803 d. 1813

6 George Vidal b. 28 Apr 1815 d. JAN 1878

m. DEC 1845 Jane Carter Creak d. 20 Sep 1885

6 Jane Caroline Vidal b. NOV 1796 d. 1880

m. 1815 Herbert Jarrett James d. 3 Apr 1840

6 Robert Vidal b. 12 Sep 1807 d. 6 Nov 1875

m. 24 Sep 1839 Henrietta Charlotte Payne b. 13 May 1813 d. 1 Apr 1886

6 William Vidal b. AUG 1794 d. AUG 1797

6 John Gale Vidal b. 11 Feb 1792 d. 8 Nov 1850

m. 16 Apr 1818 Georgiana Archbould Dunston b. 18 Aug 1795 d. JUL 1832

4 Stephen Vidal b. BEF. 19 FEB 1742/43 d. 1795

m. BEF. 1782 <unknown>

m. 16 Mar 1783 Mary 'Nancy' Mathews d. ABT. 1794

m. ABT. 1794 Ann <Stepdes>

5 Stephen Vidal b. ABT. 1782 d. BEF. AUG 1800

m. Sarah White

6 Harriet Vidal b. BEF. 5 APR 1795

5 Charles Lewis Vidal b. 1782 d. MAR 1862

m. Sarah Ann <Vidal> d. 1804

m. 28 Mar 1805 Martha Butler b. 1778 d. APR 1862

6 Eliza Vidal b. ABT. 1814 d. 1898

5 Henry Vidal b. BEF. 26 JUL 1783

5 John Vidal b. ABT. 1788

5 George Vidal b. 1789 d. 10 Sep 1838

m. 1809 Theresa King b. BEF. 1793

[daughter of Fanny Staples]

6 George Barnes Vidal b. 12 Oct 1810 d. 25 Dec 1852

m. ABT. 1835 Henrietta Philips d. 1896

6 Theresa Hooker Vidal b. 24 Jan 1815 d. 24 Dec 1816

6 John James Vidal b. 20 May 1816 d. 28 Dec 1816

6 Henry Crayser Vidal b. 17 May 1818

6 Charles Barriffe Vidal b. 18 Jul 1819

6 Jacob Crayser Vidal b. 22 Sep 1821 d. JUN 1841

6 Jane Vidal b. 1822 d. 1907

m. 1861 John Herman Hall b. 29 May 1803 d. 5 Mar 1867

[son of William Hall and Dorothy Gray Jackson]

6 Ellen Georgina Vidal b. 5 Oct 1824

m. 27 Nov 1843 Dr. Brown d. 12 Nov 1844

m. 1845 Capt. Brain

5 William Henry Stephen Vidal b. BEF. 5 APR 1795 d. 18 Aug 1827

m. <female> Foos

[daughter of Jesse Foos]

6 Horace Vidal

6 Elizabeth Vidal

6 William Vidal

Descendants of John Vidall Alphabetical Name List

<Stepdes>, Ann

<Vidal>, Lettice

<Vidal>, Millborough

<Vidal>, Sarah Ann

Allwood, Elizabeth Wade

Brain, Capt

Brown, Dr

Butler, Martha

Creak, Jane Carter

Darling, <male>

Darling, Ann

Darling, Elizabeth

Diston, Sarah

Dunston, Georgiana Archbould

Foos, <female>

Hall, John Herman

James, Herbert Jarrett

Johnson, Mary Theresa

King, Theresa

Mathews, Mary 'Nancy'

Payne, Henrietta Charlotte

Payne, Henrietta

Philips, Henrietta

Vidal, Charles Barriffe

Vidal, Charles Lewis

Vidal, Charles

Vidal, Elizabeth

Vidal, Eliza

Vidal, Ellen Georgina

Vidal, Francis

Vidal, George Barnes

Vidal, George

Vidal, Harriet

Vidal, Henry Crayser

Vidal, Henry

Vidal, Horace

Vidal, Jacob Crayser

Vidal, James

Vidal, Jane Caroline

Vidal, Jane

Vidal, John Gale

Vidal, John James

Vidal, John

Vidal, Mary

Vidal, Robert

Vidal, Stephen

Vidal, Theresa Hooker

Vidal, William Henry Stephen

Vidal, William

Vidall, John

Wade, Mary

White, Sarah

Descendants of: John Vidall

1 John Vidall b. BEF. 1635

2 Stephen Vidal b. BEF. 1695

His father or grandfather, a John Vidal or Vidall (name is spelt

bothways), is supposed to have been an officer in Cromwell's Army.

Possibly married a Spanish wife.

Charles Vidal's father must have been born before 1695, his

grandfather before 1679.

Jeremy,

I'm afraid you will not be very happy with the informations I've had, but

they had been verified by an archivist in Jamaica, Mrs Eppie D EDWARDS.

The families of Allwood, Vassell, Quarells, Johnson, Vidal, Campbell, Davis

Haughton-James, Haughton-Clark, Haughton-Taylor, Recketts, Zemick, and

Hylton were all connected by marriage and with their brother officers and

subalterns settled sugar estates adjoining each other in Westmoreland and

Hanover, then called Bluefields, estates long abandoned since 1834-46.

The Allwoods, owners of Harding Hall estate near Green Island, were

connected to the Vidals by marriage and were partners as attorneys under the

firm of Vidal and Allwood for nearly a Century, the Vidals residing at

Santiago Park, Spanish Town.

Rev. Francis Vidal's ( 1805 - 1884 ) coat of arms, never registered by the

Royal College of Arms is a tremendous and amazing mix of Johnson's, Furse's

arms , the crest of which is " un chapeau de troubadour ". I'm sure you're

good enough in french to translate.

MY opinion is it could be a " clin d'oeil " to far origins of the family

English onomastic dictionnaries consider the name of Vidal as a

NON-ENGLISH ONE.

I've never found any trace of Vidals in England before 1655;

Vidal seems quite a spanish or southern French name. May be they were

settled in Jamaica before Penn's conquest...??

Eric DuBruel - <edubruel@@nordnet.fr>

3 Charles Vidal b. 1710 Jamaica

m. Lettice <Vidal> m. ABT. 1732

d. 19 Feb 1742/43 Westmoreland Parish, Jamaica

Of the firm Vidal & Allwood the Crown Solicitors to Jamaica

Family lore says he is the only known survivor of the Jamaica

branch of the family. All Jamaican Vidals are the descendents of

his. I believe the only surviving descendants are through his

son Stephen, and his grandson, John James (son of John)

Prominent white 'aristocracy' from which we are descended -

Vidal, Allwood, Gale, James, Wade

Vidals had cousins named:

Allwood, James, Gale, Campbell, Vassel, Darves, Haughton, Ricketts

Found this:

Mary, daughter of Charles Vidal & Lettice, b. 14 Jun 1733, Kingston

So, Charles Vidal's wife may be named Lettice, and he had a

child born when he was 23.

His wife's last name has a 50% chance of being Wade (as her

son, John Vidal, is reputed to have married a cousin, Mary

Wade), and Charles Vidal had no surviving siblings -- on the

other hand, this may be a confusion with their grandson, John

James Vidal, who DID marry a cousin.

4 Mary Vidal b. 14 Jun 1733 Kingston Parish, Jamaica

4 Charles Lewis Vidal b. 1735 Vere Parish, Jamaica

d. AFT. 1766

m. Millborough <Vidal>

His existence is 100% based on:

Letters of Administration

",,,John Vidal late of the parish of Westmoreland is

deceased, intestate, Charles Lewis Vidal as brother requested

to have administration of goods and chattels of John Vidal.

Dated 13th September 1767"

Now, this is not necessarily this John Vidal, but I don't

know who else it could be. He supposedly died in 1764 -- 1767

could be the same person. This would give him a brother,

Charles Lewis Vidal. Also, there father is believed not to

have surviving relatives besides his children -- so that makes

this being cousins less likely.

5 Stephen Vidal b. BEF. 19 MAY 1767 St. Mary's Parish, Jamaica

d. AFT. 1786

Military Service; 1787; Jamaica. Stephen was a

Lieutenant in the St Mary's Militia in 1787

4 John Vidal b. 1740 Jamaica d. 1764

m. Sarah Diston

m. Mary Wade m. 17 Oct 1761 Westmoreland, Jamaica

b. BEF. 24 SEP 1744 Savanna la Mar, Jamaica

d. 3 Oct 1780 Savanna la Mar, Jamaica (in flood)

[daughter of James Wade and Elizabeth <Wade>]

Attorney at law, like his father.

Died the year after he was married (or just a few years later)

There is also a record of a John de Chany's Vidal was born on

15 Aug 1738 and was baptized on 28 Dec 1738 in Vere Parish,

Jamaica.

No record of John (who married Mary Wade) baptism or birth

has been found and it may be that he is one and the same

person as John de Chany's (John Green records him as his

brother).

John Vidal, born 1740, did have a brother, Stephen Vidal, born 1742

Senior partner of Vidal & Allwood, Attorneys and Solicitors to the

A member of the Jamaica Assembly (the parliament)

The Vidals resided at Santiago Park, Spanish Town.

We also have a death date for him of 1762 (the year he got married)

Vidals in Jamaica lists a marriage date of Oct 17, 1764,

however, this is two years after the birth of their son John

James

Supposedly, Mary Wade was his cousin. (It's possible,

however, someone is confusing them with their son, John James,

who did marry his cousin)

Letters of Administration

",,,John Vidal late of the parish of Westmoreland is

deceased, intestate ,Charles Lewis Vidal as brother requested

to have administration of goods and chattels of John Vidal.

Dated 13th September 1767"

Sarah:

Sarah was a free mulatto

Mary:

At Savanna la Mar on the afternoon of Tuesday the 3d instant,

about three clock, the winds began to blow very hard from the

south-east, accompanied with heavy rains, and by four had

acquired such strength as to tear the trees up by the roots,

and strip the houses of their shingles. Between five and six,

the sea began to rise, and continued for near an hour to swell

to a most amazing height, overflowing the ill-fated town of

Savanna la Mar, and the low lands adjacent. From this time

until 8 o'clock, the force of winds and the impetuosity of the

waves, overthrew and demolished every house in that

unfortunate place, and buried most of the inhabitants in the

ruins. A little after eight, it began to abate, but

nonetheless continued to blow very hard until midnight, when

the winds veered round to the Westward. — No pen can describe

the horrors of the scene which the morning presented to the

sight of the few who survived to lament the fate of their

wretched neighbours; the earth strewed with the mangled

bodies of the dead and dying, some with broken limbs, who, in

that situation, had been tossed about during the storm, and

afterwards left on the wet, naked earth, to languish out the

night in agonies, with no hand to help, or eye to pity them.

Humanity recoils at the contemplation of such unheard of

calamities; and every feeling heart must melt at the

bare recital!

The names of the unhappy sufferers which we have yet been

able to learn:- The Comptroller of that port Mr. McDowal,

Dr. King, his wife, and two assistants, Messrs Forbes and

Dallas, and four children, Mr. Nesbit, a carpenter, Mrs.

Allwood and three children, Mrs Gibson and two children, Mr.

John Fitzgerald, Dr. Lightfoot, Mr. William Antrobus,

jun. Messrs. Aaron Touro and Moses Nunes, and the nephew of

the latter, Miss Pesoa, a child of Mr. Payne, Mr. McLean, his

wife and children, Mrs. Slap, Mrs. Little, three Quadroon

children, and a great number of Negroes. — We are informed by

gentleman who are just arrived from that quarter, that the

bodies of eigh[t]y white person's have already been found, and

many more are expected to be dug out of the ruins, and that

it is thought not less than 400 whites and negroes must have

perished in and about Savanna la Mar.

5 James Vidal b. 10 Aug 1761 Westmoreland Parish, Jamaica

James was a quadroon

5 Mary Vidal b. 11 Feb 1763

d. 1824 Westmoreland Parish, Jamaica

m. <male> Darling

Mary was a quadroon

6 Ann Darling

6 Elizabeth Darling

5 John James Vidal b. 19 Sep 1763 Westmoreland Parish, Jamaica

d. 22 Oct 1823 34 Richmond Terrace, Clifton, Gloucestershire

m. Elizabeth Wade Allwood m. 15 May 1791 St. Elizabeth's Parish, Jamaica

b. 26 Oct 1774 Savanna la Mar, Jamaica

d. 18 Oct 1858 Newport, Nr Barnstable, Devon

[daughter of Francis Allwood and Jane Wade]

Unsure if he was born 1762 or 1763

I'm making it 1762, otherwise, he'd have a hard time being

his father's son (father died in 1762 or maybe 64)

Also have a marriage date for him in July, 1791 (only month difference)

7 children, abt 100 descendents

#5 Francis Vidal (1805-1884) m. Mary Theresa Johnson (1818-1873)

John James rescued his cousin, Elizabeth Wade Allwood

from drowning in flood of 1780 (?). He was 17, she was 6.

They later married.

From John Green's notes:

Was an Lieutenant in the the Kingston Regiment of the

Jamaican Militia in 1794; Promoted Captain 1795

John, like his father, became an Attorney at Law and

after being in practice for some years went on to hold the

following appointments:-

Clerk to the Court of Common Pleas, in Kingston, in 1793;

JP for St Catherine's parish, 1803 and St Mary's, 1804;

Assistant Judge at the Supreme Court in 1804 and a

magistrate (one of many) for St Catherine's Precinct in

1806.; Returned to serve at the General Election in 1803

for the parish of St Thomas in the Vale in the House of

Assembly of Jamaica; Master in Court of Chancery, 1808;

Secretary to the Committee of Public Accounts, 1810;

Comptroller of the Board of Public Works, 1811

and Comptroller of Public Accounts, 1819.

John was also a Church warden for the parish of St Catherine in 1810

Form the evidence of his Will, John seems to have owned

two properties in Jamaica, Berkshire Hall where the family

seems to have lived (at least Francis was born there) and

St Jago Park Penn. By 1822 Berkshire Hall was let go to a

City merchant in London in lieu of an annuity of £200.

St Jago Park Penn was left to Gale who seems to have sold

it some time after John's death.

Personal Estate in England: £9000

As can be seen, John's father died when he was barely two

years old and he was brought up in the Gibson family into

which his mother married in 1765. His step-father, Joseph,

died when John was six and his mother does not seem to have

married again.

When his mother and step-sisters perished in the

devastating hurricane of October 3rd, 1780, John survived.

Differing accounts about that dreadful night have been

handed down - how John saved his first cousin,

Elizabeth Allwood, (a girl he was to marry seven years

later) by helping her cling to a spar when the tidal wave

engulfed their house in Savanna la Mar - how Elizabeth

aged nearly six and her two brothers, one aged eleven,

the other four, were saved by their faithful black nurse

who, with the help of another slave, rushed them up to

higher ground as the waters rose.

Judging by contemporary reports (See Mary Wade) about

that night it is amazing that anyone survived in and

around the town of Savanna la Mar and, indeed, about 400

souls perished as a result of the hurricane and tidal wave.

Elizabeth Allwood is reputed, in later life, to have been

very reluctant to speak of her traumatic experience on

that night but it is a little surprising that John, who

was 17 at the time, did not pass down any personal account

of his experience. It is possible that he was not present

in Savanna la Mar on that night as, at that age, he

would, in all probability, have been training as an

attorney and would have been in Kingston or Spanish Town.

Elizabeth:

Effects under £300. Resworn at the Stamp Office Oct 1859 under £1000.

Also have a death date for her, same date, 1856 (and one for 1858)

Also in Devon in 1851, there is a record for the death of

Elizabeth Wade Vidal, Age 76, born in Jamaica. Probably

her.

6 Francis Vidal b. 26 Nov 1805 Jamaica

d. 20 Jun 1884 29 Royal Crescent, Bath, Somerset

m. Mary Theresa Johnson m. 25 Apr 1835

b. 23 Jun 1815 Great Torrington, Devon

d. 19 Nov 1873

Reputed to have had more pocket-money than any other boy.

Admitted to Caius College May 31, 1827; Matriculated

Michaelmas term 1827; B.A. 1831, M.A. 1863. Did not take

his M.A. until he was about to retire from Eton and

become an incumbent.

Ordained Deacon by the Bishop of Gloucester for the

Bishop of Exeter at Gloucester and Priest by the

Bishop of Exeter at Exeter.

Held various curacies: Roborough (near Great

Torrington) & Ideford, in Devon; also Chaplain to Devon

County Prisons.

Sailed on board the "Earl Grey" from Plymouth with his

wife and three small children bound for Australia,

accompanied by his brother George.

Served as a SPG Missionary

Returned to England on the "Pestonje" with his wife and

five children, together with his brother George (now a

deacon).

Was a Dominie (the male equivalent of a Dame who was

someone who ran a school boarding house at Eton) first

at a house in Keate's Lane and then at Old Christopher's

in the High Street, which he took over in 1851 from his

brother-in-law, William Johnson (later Cory).

Faith Compton Mackenzie suggests in "Much as I dare"

that Francis took a house in Eton because he wanted his

sons to be educated there but could not afford to pay

their board as oppidans. However, it is also likely that

he went to live in Eton because his wife was there

running her brother's boarding house and because there

was an opportunity to make a reasonable, and not too

strenuous a living. Dames and Dominies (of whom there

were very few) ran their boarding houses independently

of the College and were paid directly by the boys'

parents and it was very unusual for them to teach at

that time.

Took the living as Vicar of Sutton with his son,

Wellie, as his curate. He does not seem to have spent

all this period actually in the parish as he is reputed

to have had slight stroke in the late 1870's and left

the parish in his son's care, at least until 1882,

whilst he lived in Brighton.

Francis made a short Will and one which is interesting

in because he distributed his estate amongst his

children in accordance with their needs as he saw them.

The Will read as follows:-

I The Reverend Francis Vidal vicar of Sutton in the

County of Suffolk hereby revoke all Wills and other

testamentary dispositions made by me and declare this to

be my last Will and testament I bequeath the following

legacies free of duty To my son Charles the sum of five

hundred pounds To my son John the sum of three thousand

pounds To my daughter Elizabeth Teresa the Wife of the

Reverend Edward Daniel Stone the sum of two thousand

pounds and to each of my sons The Reverend Robert

Wellington Vidal George Vidal and Leonard Vidal the sum

of five hundred pounds I devise and bequeath all the

residue of my property real and personal including

estates vested in me as trustee or mortgagee to my son

Francis Furse Vidal absolutely and appoint him sole

Executor of this my Will and I declare that in

bequeathing the foregoing legacies of unequal

amount instead of dividing my property between my

children equally I have taken into consideration the

different pecuniary circumstances and prospects of my

several children with the view of making as far as

possible a fair and equitable division of my property

between them In witness whereof I do hereunto set my

hand this third day of December 1881 — Francis Vidal

Francis Furse Vidal, his eldest son, received

approximately £10,000 from his father's estate.

Personal Estate £17,055 9s.

Master at Eton College

"Revd. Francis Vidal"

----------------

Descendants:

Eric DeBruel dubruele@@CMH.FR

John Green john.green6@@virgin.net

Mary:

Jack Vidal received this letter written in "1860 or

near that date" from his mother:-

Addressed: For Johnny —

My dearest Johnny

When this reaches you I should be out of my pain &

thro' Jesus X's sake I shall be at rest.

I wish I cd have seen your dear old face once more

but my sufferings have been so great I can't wish to

live. I don't forget you I pray to God to watch over

you & guard you from all Sin & the Devil Seek God

by prayer & often take Holy Communion it only can help &

strengthen you.

I commend to yr love & care yr poor Father - comfort

him all you can for my sake - Lily too & the younger

ones - poor little motherless Leonard!

We shall meet again I hope where is no more trial or pain.

God bless you

Yr loving Mother

———

Mary's life was commemorated in a porch built for this

church on which the following inscription appeared:-

“This Porch was built A.D. 1876 to the Glory of God and

the Memory of Mary Theresa Vidal wife of Francis Vidal,

Vicar of this Parish, who was born June 23rd 1815 and

died November 19th 1873.”

Sadly, this porch no longer exists (1999).

(Medical): Suffered from Tic Douloureux, otherwise

Trigeminal Neuralgia, after Jack's birth in 1839,

episodes of which gradually became worse and more

frequent through the rest of her life and gave her a

great deal of pain and misery. (See her letter to Jack

written in 1860 to be given to him on her death and Aunt

Ellen's letter to Jack of Sept 7, 1910. The latter

writing about the death of her sister, Fanny, in 1845

said "...& yr own Mother was not fit for any worry - she

had acute Tic often...")

Trigeminal Neuralgia is a neurological condition of the

trigeminal facial nerve, characterised by paroxysms of

flashing, stab-like pain around the eyes or over the

forehead, around the upper lip, nose and checks or

along the side of the tongue and lower lip, depending on

which branch of the nerve is affected. Momentary bursts

of pain recur in clusters lasting many seconds,

paroxysmal episodes of pain can last for many hours.

6 Elizabeth Vidal b. 1803 d. 1813

6 George Vidal b. 28 Apr 1815 d. JAN 1878 Australia (?)

m. Jane Carter Creak m. DEC 1845

d. 20 Sep 1885 Queen Street, Woolhara, Sydney, N.S.W.

"Canon of the Church of England: Australia"

Admitted to Middle Temple

Admitted to Caius May 8, 1834; Matriculated Michaelmas 1835;

Ordained Deacon

TOWN AND COUNTRY JOURNAL

The Rev. Canon Vidal

The decease of Rev. George Vidal who had for over

thirty four years been doing the work of a Clergyman of

the Church of England in this Colony, and who won by his

character and deportment the esteem of a wide

circle within and beyond his own denomination, calls

for some notice of his career.

He was born in Jamaica on the 28th of April 1815. He

was sent to England for his education and studied first

at Eton Grammar School then at Caius College, Cambridge

where he took the degree of BA.

In 1840 he came out to New South Wales and resided for

some time with his brother, who was engaged in pastoral

pursuits. He devoted his attention to preparation for

the work of the church and in 1843 he was ordained

by Bishop Broughton and began his work as a clergyman at

Sutton Forest. He was shortly afterwards appointed by

the bishop to Campbeltown.

In 1845 he went to England for a short visit. On his

return to the Colony he was appointed to the charge of

the parish of Denham Court. There he laboured for nearly

10 years and was then appointed to Mulgoa where he

spent 9 years.

He received from his brethren many years ago the honour

of being elected a Canon. And in 1865 on the departure

of the Rev. Canon Walsh to occupy a position in the

Diocese of Litchfield in England. Canon Vidal

was appointed his successor in the cure of souls in the

parish of St Lawrence Sydney. In that position he

fulfilled the duties of his sacred office for 12 years.

To those outside his own church he was chiefly known as

a gentle advocate of charity. While his means were not

equal to his Generosity he was always ready to aid in

relieving the wants and lightning the sorrows of the

poor. He took little part in public affairs except for

the promotion of humane efforts for the relief of

suffering. As a churchman he held and frankly avowed

the sentiments of the party generally designated

"High Church". He often deprecated what he called

"Ultra Protestantism" and in avoiding that extreme he

seemed to some of his Protestant brethren to be verging

towards the opposite. He was not ultra in anything.

While he maintained views which are rejected by many

members of the Church of England, he avoided all that

savoured of party spirit and deprecated the use of party

designations in the church. He loved moderation and

piece. Yet he did not shrink from avowing his own

distinctive sentiments. With an exalted conception of

the authority and dignity of the church he thought

little of the supposed advantages of an establishment

He expressed in the synods of the church and elsewhere,

his great satisfaction at the removal of the fetters of

connection with the state which had crippled the

church's energies. And he was ready to join his voice

with those who sought the removal of such elements of

State Churchism as remained to hinder the full

development of eccleciastiele functions.

As an Illustration at once of his frankness and

courtesy of his independence of mind and his reverence

for eccleciastiele authority, - On one occasion when the

effect of the bishops letters Patent was the subject of

discussion in the Synod, Canon Vidal freely declared

before the bishop that he had no respect for the letters

Patent, but he added with an attitude suited to the

sentiment " I have the deepest reverence for the

authority of your Lordship as a successor of the

apostles" His action was consistent with his profession.

He differed widely from the bishop of the diocese in

his views of the propriety of certain

ornamental memorials In the church, and carried out his

own opinion in this matter as far as he could without

setting at nought the episcopal authority. But as soon

as the bishop went beyond the expression of a

personal opinion, and commanded the removal of the

rededos which had been the subject of controversy Canon

Vidal yielded implicit obedience giving up his own

predilection rather than resist the authority of a

Successor of the Apostles.

As an instance of the esteem in which he was held by

men of other nominations it has been mentioned within

the last week that a distinguished minister of another

church once said to a member of the Church of England

concerning him - "I can never think of your Canon

Vidal without being reminded of a noble passage in one

of Keble's Latin Orations a poetry professor at an

Oxford Commemoration when he said that "to Wordsworth's

poetry should be referred all those who sincerely

desire to understand and feel that sacred, harmonious

intimacy which exists between honourable poverty, the

severer muses sublime philosophy, and holy religion.

All this can be leant" remarked the speaker, "not

only from Wordsworth's poetry, but from your saintly

Canon's life".

All who knew Canon Vidal must have been struck with the

singular meekness and gentleness of his manner and the

afflicted and the poor to whom his visits were frequent

cannot but have been deeply impressed with the reality

of his kindness and the zeal of his compassion. For

about 2 years his health had been failing and during the

last few months he suffered much under a wasting

affliction. He endured the protracted trial of

increasing, weakness and pain with characteristic

patience and submission to the will of God.

No means that the affection of his friends and the

skill of his medical advisor could use were effectual in

averting the course of disease.

On the 27th of December last he left Sydney for

Melbourne in the hope that change of air might revive

his wasted strength, but he did not rally there and

wishing to return home while life remained, he set off

for Sydney in the Steamer City of Melbourne, on the

8th January.

On the 10th he expired on board the steamer. His end

was Calm and apparently free from pain. His remains

were conveyed to Christ Church on Saturday Morning the

12th Instant and thence to the Necropolis. One of his

oldest friends Canon Allwood took the chief part in the

funeral service. The Dean of Sydney and many clergymen

and laymen of his other churches followed him to his

last earthly resting place.

Jane:

"daughter of William Creak, Com: R.N."

The 'Creak' part is extremely hard to read and is probably incorrect

6 Jane Caroline Vidal b. NOV 1796 d. 1880

m. Herbert Jarrett James m. 1815 d. 3 Apr 1840

Had either 6 or 8 children (writing illegible)

"See Jarrett family line #97"

Herbert:

Commissioned as an Ensign into the St Catherine Regiment of Militia

6 Robert Vidal b. 12 Sep 1807 d. 6 Nov 1875

m. Henrietta Charlotte Payne m. 24 Sep 1839 Clifton, Bristol

b. 13 May 1813 Ludgershall, Wiltshire

d. 1 Apr 1886 Piercefield, Ennerdale Road, Kew Gardens, Richmond

Was commissioned as an Ensign in the St.

Catherine's Regiment of the Jamaican Militia in 1827 and

promoted to Lieutenant 1828.

Robert, like his brother, became an Attorney at Law at

the age of 24 in 1831. In 1841 was was the Co-Manager of

XXX Bank and later in 1847 became Clerk to the

Magistrates of the parish of St James.

Effects under £450

Henrietta:

"daughter of a barrister of Bristol"

Personal Estate: £121 6s 6d

6 William Vidal b. AUG 1794 d. AUG 1797

6 John Gale Vidal b. 11 Feb 1792 Jamaica

d. 8 Nov 1850 Saint Jago Park Pen, St Catherine

m. Georgiana Archbould Dunston m. 16 Apr 1818

b. 18 Aug 1795 d. JUL 1832

I believe there is a monument to him in Kingston.

"here's a notice of marriage for John Gale Vidal in St

Andrew c1830 (give or take 5 years)."-- the date might

be incorrect, or it might be a second marriage, as his

wife died in 1832. - JW

John Gale Vidal of St Catharine Esq. m. 16 Apr 1818

Georgina Archbould Dunstan of St Andrew

From John Green's notes:

Was commissioned as an Ensign in the St.

Catherine's Regiment of the Jamaican Militia on Sept 25,

1812; Promoted Lieutenant 1815, Captain 1819.

Following the family tradition, Gale became an Attorney

at Law in 1814 at the age of 20 and held many posts

during his life. The most important of these were:-

Judge Advocate General, 1822; Clerk to the Honourable

House of Assembly from 1821 until he died (for which,

according to the "Blue Book of Jamaica" for 1847, he was

paid at that time £960pa); Clerk to the Supreme Court in

1829 and Registrar in the Court of Chancery and Clerk

of Patents, 1847.

Additionally, he was a JP and a Churchwarden for

various parishes at various times and was appointed a

director of the Planters Bank in 1839.

The Colonial Standard and Jamaica Dispatch

Monday, November 11, 1850

Death of John Gale Vigal Esq. [as written]

The sad intelligence to which we gave publicity in a

short paragraph on Saturday morning proves to be too

true. The above estimable gentleman having been

previously ailing, but not seriously ill, was attacked

on Friday morning with symptoms of Cholera and

succumbed to the fatal disease in the course of that

night.

Mr. Vidal was one of the few survivors from the wreck

of Jamaica's better days. As a Solicitor in extensive

practice he will be known only through tradition to the

great majority of those who will now lament his

death. His active connection with the profession ceased

many years ago, when he assumed the high and honourable

distinction of Clerk to the House of Assembly, a

situation which he occupied at the time of his death.

The change of Jamaica's fortunes were abundantly

participated by Mr. Vidal, and many who remember his

princely hospitalities in by-gone days have seen with

regret his latter hours clouded by adversity. He was

a gentleman of whom Jamaica might well be proud - a

distinguished member of a class rapidly disappearing

from among us.

NB The misspelling of Vidal in the headline follows the original

A plaque in the Cathedral commemorates Gale thus:

"John Gale Vidal, Clerk of the Honourable House of

Assembly of this Island, d. at Saint Jago Park Pen, 8

November 1850, aged 58.

Erected by the Assembly as a tribute to one who for 29

years served them with zeal and fidelity."

4 Stephen Vidal b. BEF. 19 FEB 1742/43 Westmoreland, Jamaica

d. 1795 Jamaica

m. <unknown> m. BEF. 1782

m. Mary 'Nancy' Mathews m. 16 Mar 1783 St. Ann's Parish, Jamaica

d. ABT. 1794

m. Ann <Stepdes> m. ABT. 1794

My chart has Stephen's children as:

George (b. 1789, m. Theresa King)

Charles; Heny, Stephen and William (who married a Miss Foot)

He appears to have married an Anne Stepdes, but the name

'Stepdes' is from a handwritten source, and I have never seen

it as a last name, so I suspect it is misspelled.

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[Note: John Green clearly has Stephen Vidal as the son of

Charles Vidal b. 1710, and thus the brother of John Vidal, b.

1740.]

We are really not sure how Stephen Vidal is related to

anyone. There is no reference to any children of John Vidal

b. 1740 and Mary Wade other than John James Vidal b. 1762.

John Vidal is believed to have died sometime between 1762 and

1764, which does not allow for many children.

We know that a Stephen Vidal, born 1742, is son of Charles

Vidal (b.1710), and brother of John Vidal, born 1740, and

thus uncle of John James Vidal, born 1762.

We also know that a Stephen Vidal is the father of George,

Charles, Henry, Stephen and William, from Jane Vidal Hall's

letter. Possibly same person (in which case, he would be

having children at a fairly elderly age.) May have been his

son, another Stephen.

There is some possibility that Stephen Vidal, the father of

George, Charles, Henry, Stephen and William, was the son of

John Vidal and Mary Wade and the brother of John James Vidal.

This needs looking in to -- this is the assumption that I am

currently working on. [Now no longer appears correct]

We do NOT know that John Vidal and Mary Wade has a son named

Stephen -- this is currently speculation. Interestingly, Ian

Kerr-Jarrett has a line from John James Vidal to a Stephen as

if they were siblings, but then has it crossed out. Possibly

because he discovered that was not the connection.

<unknown>:

John Green lists Stephen wives and children as:

1 - Stephen married ——— ———.

They had the following children:

+ 8 M i. Charles Lewis Vidal M.D. was born in 1782

in St Mary's Parish, Jamaica, died in Mar 1862 in Aveley,

Romford, Essex and was buried on 15 Mar 1862 in Aveley, Romford, Essex

+ 9 M ii. Stephen Vidal , died Before Aug 1800

2 - Stephen also married Mary Mathews on 16 Mar 1783 in St

Ann's Parish, Jamaica.

3 - Stephen also married Nancy ———. (Nancy ——— died <1794>.)

They had the following children:

10 M i. Henry Vidal was baptized on 26 Jul 1783

in St Mary's Parish, Jamaica.

11 M ii. John Vidal was baptized in 1788 in St

Mary's Parish, Jamaica.

+ 12 M iii. George Vidal was born <1789>, was

baptized on 9 Sep 1792 in St Mary's Parish, Jamaica, died on

10 Sep 1838 in Bariffe Hall, St. Mary's, Jamaica and was

buried on 14 Dec 1838 in Bariffe Hall, St. Mary's, Jamaica

4 - Stephen also married Ann ——— <1795>.

They had the following child:

+ 13 M i. William Henry Stephen Vidal was baptized

on 5 Apr 1795 in St Mary's Parish, Jamaica and was buried on

18 Aug 1827

in St Mary's Parish, Jamaica

Ann <Stepdes>:

Perhaps this is 'Annie Stepdes' who is shown on my chart?

5 Stephen Vidal b. ABT. 1782 d. BEF. AUG 1800

m. Sarah White

Stephen lived with Sarah White, a free mullato

'Reputed to have died unmarried' -- which is consistent with the above.

6 Harriet Vidal b. BEF. 5 APR 1795 St. Mary's Parish, Jamaica

Harriet's parents were not married.

Harriet was a free quadroon

5 Charles Lewis Vidal b. 1782 St. Mary's Parish, Jamaica

d. MAR 1862 Aveley, Romford, Essex

m. Sarah Ann d. 1804

m. Martha Butler m. 28 Mar 1805 b. 1778 d. APR 1862

Doctor at Aveley, Essex

I have him listed as married, no issue

From John Green:

Occupation; 1805-1861; Aveley, Romford, Essex. Was a

surgeon (doctor of medicine) who built a successful

country practice in and round Aveley, near Romford in

Essex, which he is reputed to have bought with his

first wife's dowry after her death. Was at

one time also Surgeon to H. M. Ordnance, Purfleet (near

Aveley) and District Medical Officer for Romford and Orsett

Unions.

He escaped the restrictions of the Apothecaries Act by

being in practice before its enactment. (See below)

In 1815 the London Society of Apothecaries obtained an

Act of Parliament restricting the practice of pharmacy to

its licentiates throughout England and also could licence

the practice of physic. This was the first of the Acts to

bring some form of formal qualification to the practice

of medicine.

Charles married Martha Butler, daughter of Thomas Butler

and Martha ———,on 28 Mar 1805 in St. George The Martyr,

Southwark, London. (Martha Butler was born <1778> in

London, baptized on 27 Sep 1778 in St. Bartholomew, Exchange,

London, died in Apr 1862 in Queens Square, Bloomsbury, London

and was buried on 2 May 1862 in Aveley, Romford, Essex.)

According to her granddaughter (Alice Mangold, later

Diehl), Martha was a very close friend of Charles’s first

wife, Ann, to the extent that she moved in with the family

to nurse Ann when she was dying. If Alice's account is to

be believed, Charles was utterly miserable as Ann’s

death approached and persuaded Martha that he could only

be consoled by her promise to marry him. With some

reluctance, given the circumstances of his proposal, she

agreed to do this and they were married some eight months

after Ann’s death.

They had the following children:

+ 14 F i. Eliza Vidal was born <1814> and died in 1898

Charles had first married Sarah or Ann ———. (Sarah

or Ann ——— died in Sep 1804 in St George's parish, Southwark.)

There are conflicting reports about the name of Charles's first wife.

6 Eliza Vidal b. ABT. 1814 d. 1898 Ventnor, IOW

5 Henry Vidal b. BEF. 26 JUL 1783

never married

5 John Vidal b. ABT. 1788

My chart does NOT list a John Vidal. Shown as baptized in

1788 in St. Mary's Parish. Perhaps he died young?

5 George Vidal b. 1789 Jamaica

d. 10 Sep 1838 St. Mary's, Jamaica

m. Theresa King m. 1809 b. BEF. 1793

[daughter of Fanny Staples]

Lived at Bariffe Hall, St. Mary. Buried there on Dec 14, 1838.

Jane Vidal (Hall) clearly states twice in a letter that

John Gale Vidal was a cousin of her father. She also says

that her grandfather's name was Stephen. IF literally a

first cousin, her grandfather Stephen would be a brother

of John James Vidal. [This now appears to be incorrect

--it appears they were second cousins.]

Theresa:

Birth date based on marriage date

6 George Barnes Vidal b. 12 Oct 1810

d. 25 Dec 1852 drowned at sea

m. Henrietta Philips m. ABT. 1835 d. 1896

6 Theresa Hooker Vidal b. 24 Jan 1815 d. 24 Dec 1816

6 John James Vidal b. 20 May 1816 d. 28 Dec 1816

6 Henry Crayser Vidal b. 17 May 1818

6 Charles Barriffe Vidal b. 18 Jul 1819

6 Jacob Crayser Vidal b. 22 Sep 1821 d. JUN 1841

6 Jane Vidal b. 1822 Jamaica d. 1907

m. John Herman Hall m. 1861

b. 29 May 1803 Grecian Regale, Jamaica

d. 5 Mar 1867 Bybrook, St. Cath., Jamaica

[son of William Hall and Dorothy Gray Jackson]

Apparently, her son couldn't propose until she died.

John:

Buried at Saint Thomas-Ye-Vale Parish Church

"JOHN HERMAN HALL, d. at the Lodge in this parish 5

Mar. 1867 in his 64th year. Erected by his widow and

children."

"JANE EDGILL wife of John Herman HALL, d. on board the

Royal Mail Packet Shannon on her passage to England,

19 Sept. 1859 aged 55."

Bybrook Estate was owned by the Halls. "first put into

sugar about 1667" (one of the first areas to go into

sugar cultivation) [From A-Z Jamaica Heritage by Olive

Senior.]

The Halls owned the West side of Bog Walk, Bybrook and

other farms. The McPhails owned the East side.

Kingston Parish records - Baptisms:

"1803 Decr 4 John Herman, the son of William Hall and Dorothy

his wife b. May 29th 1803"

One source has him as "John Herman Jackson Hall"

His godfather, J.R. Jackson, would be his uncle John Rawleigh

6 Ellen Georgina Vidal b. 5 Oct 1824

m. Dr. Brown m. 27 Nov 1843 d. 12 Nov 1844

m. Capt. Brain m. 1845

5 William Henry Stephen Vidal b. BEF. 5 APR 1795 Jamaica

d. 18 Aug 1827 St. Mary's Parish, Jamaica

m. <female> Foos

[daughter of Jesse Foos]

"Dr. Jesse Foo's daughter"

6 Horace Vidal

6 Elizabeth Vidal

6 William Vidal