William Tennent

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William Tennent was born in County Antrim and served as an apprentice with John Campbell, a Belfast merchant and banker. He joined the Belfast Chamber of Commerce in 1783, and was junior manager in the New Sugar House in Waring Street. He eventually became a partner in this business, and he held partnerships in the distilling firm of John Porter & Co. and the Belfast Insurance Co.. He was co-founder, in 1809, of the Commercial Bank, and he worked in the bank until it became Belfast Banking Co. in 1827. He was on the Board of the Spring Water Commissioners and the Belfast Banking Company, and was manager of the Belfast Academical Institution and Vice-President of the Chamber of Commerce. After the rebellion of 1798, he was arrested on suspicion of belonging to the United Irishmen, and imprisoned in Scotland for two years. He returned to Belfast and in 1814, purchased the village and demesne of Tempo, County Fermanagh. He died in the cholera epidemic.

- http://www.ulsterbiography.co.uk/biogsT.htm

He had only one legitimate child, but was said that have had many nmore illegitimately.

The United Irishmen were a body of men of all creeds - although predominately Ulster Presbyterians - who came together in a political organisation in the early 1790s. Inspired by the success of the French Revolution, they were a radical group that demanded sweeping political change. Initially reformist in their intentions, government repression forced them underground and they became increasingly revolutionary. Many of the United Irish leaders even contemplated using French military assistance to achieve full independence for Ireland. Ultimately, their unsuccessful rebellion of 1798 was utopian and failed to gauge the extent of sectarian division in late-eighteenth-century Ireland: in some areas in the south, the banner of revolution became a guise for the settling of age-old religious resentments.

- http://209.85.135.104/search q=cache:dJ8Fk5rc8gcJ:www.historyandpolicy.org/archive/policy-paper-15.html+%22james+emerson+tennent%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=33

(from Adam Edwards -http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=juuledwards&id=I693 )

William married Eleanor Jackson in 1805 in Ireland. Eleanor (daughter of Hugh Jackson and Letitia Thompson) was born on 18 Jan 1781; died on 18 Jan 1807. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Recorded in a document in 1876 a record of her aunts and uncles on her mother's side -- children of her grandparents, Hugh Jackson and Letitia Thompson.

Memoranda relating to my dear Grandmother's family:

Eleanor Jackson, my mother, born 18 January 1781 - married W Tennent Esq 25 March 1805 - died 18 january 1807

Letitia Jackson, born 22 January 1782 - died April 20 - died 1783

Hugh Jackson, born 19 January 1783 - died May 18, 1783

Humphrey Jackson, 24 Nov 1784 - died January 1833 in America

Hugh Jackson, b. 2 dec 1785 - died 15 sept 1805 of yellow fever in America

Susana Jackson, b. 2 april 1787 - died 23 may 1787

Letitia Jackson, b. 24 jul 1788 - died in America 11 august 1815. Well remember her; a beautiful woman

Isabella Jackson, b. 21 oct 1789 - died 14 may 1829. Well remember

Susana Jackson, b. 25 jun 1792 - died 31 dec 1824 [1826?]. Well remember. Much loved.

James Jackson, b. 8 sep 1793 - died in America 13 may 1824. Such a fine character and clever man: remember him well

Henry Jackson, b. 5 jul 1795 - died abroad - [?] [?] 1814. Just recall!

John Jackson, b. 13 nov 1797 - died 9 feb 1798

Alexander Jackson, b. 2 aug 1799 - died in America 6 aug 1839. Recall well.

Mary Jackson, my loved aunt, b. 29 oct 1800

- Letitia Emerson Tennent, sep 1876

(this record was published online by Adam Edwards)

Letitia married James Emerson about 1820 in Ireland. James was born in 1804 in Belfast, Co Antrim, Ulster, Ireland; died on 06 Mar 1869. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]