East India Company

[ShaunJ]

Out of interest was Richard Frith's Will available online I have Ancestry which is limited and I often find wills on the National Archives website

It's an 1819 India Office Will so KGarrad's link won't help you. You can find it on FindMyPast.

[ShaunJ]

Another Irish connection: Richard Frith's son Robert attended Trinity College, Dublin from 1813 (then aged 16, born India). Source: Alumni Dublinenses 1593-1846

[upton25]

Thank you that's so helpful On using the names you kindly found in Richard's Will I found the attached which appears to link the Frith brothers with the Gamble family in the Eniskillin Co Fermanagh area

[ShaunJ]

That McCartney will extract looks to be something of a breakthrough!

[ShaunJ]

The legatee Margaret "Renwick" is presumably Richard Frith's niece Margaret Frith who married Alexander Rennick in 1809 - see footnote on this page:  https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Family_Records/MZRAAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=major+gen+richard+frith&pg=PA197&printsec=frontcover

[ShaunJ]

Transcription of an announcement in Freeman's Journal, in 1820, can't find the original image:

"26.7.1819/ Major Gen Richard Frith/Muttra, East Indies/Aged 62. Late of Enniskillen. Late 8th Native Cavalry. "

[ShaunJ]

"Before the bypass this area at the rear of Belmore Street was known as Frith’s Alley (note this part of the new road is Frith’s Pass.)"......"The alley was called after the Frith family who had come from Devon to Enniskillen with the plantation in the 17th century.  Later, as a family of builders & architects, they were to be responsible for part of the town’s development & were to give their name to this area.
By the middle of the 19th century, there are several Frith builders listed in local trade directories: William Frith, builder, Tonystick in 1839 & William & Henry Frith of Tonystick-1846. There was also John Frith, an architect & John, a builder."

https://www.facebook.com/momentswillmakememories/posts/an-excellent-article-by-catherine-scott-fermanagh-and-omagh-district-council-mus/1317599895068585/

[ShaunJ]

Robert Frith obituary in the Calcutta Gazette of 6 Nov 1800 (no mention of his wife):  https://www.findmypast.co.uk/image-share/848db7c3-ce50-4ef9-9b93-b3838dee51e9

[upton25]

Thank you so much This is fascinating The connection with Devon is intriguing as a lot of my Huguenots came from the south west on escaping from France. I found a Margaret Rennick on Family Search this morning before I went to work (addictive this hobby) I have also located a Gamble family pedigree in Enniskillen which looks promising. I'll read all the information and see where it leads me
I really appreciate your time and kindness with this
Kaz