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Devon / Re: Henry DARRACOTT
« on: Sunday 11 December 11 23:01 GMT (UK)  »
Hello Barry,

Thanks for your message.  I'd be happy to pass on lots of info that you need.  I got your personal message, but can't work out how to reply to it.  Can you send me another, with an email address to which I can send you some data,

Regards,
Brian

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Devon / Re: Henry DARRACOTT
« on: Wednesday 25 November 09 10:02 GMT (UK)  »
Hello.  This may be a bit late for you - I've only just discovered this site>

Lt. Henry Young Darracott RN (1757-1807)was the grandson of Greenhill Darracott.  The whole family was quite wealthy and prominent in Plymouth in the period 1660- 1820 or so.  Henry did indeed have money problems (the story goes that he gambled away the family estates) and shot himself in 1807 (verdict was suicide). 

I have been researching the Plymouth Darracotts for nearly 30 years now and have a vast amount of family history data, too much to go into here.  Feel free to ask more questions here, but if you'd like to get in touch by email, I'd be happy to answer any fuller queries.

BTW: Henry's son - Cdr Robert Young Man Darracott RN settled in Liverpool, and was the progenitor of almost all the Darracotts born in Liverpool and Merseyside since about 1840.

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