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posted by [identity profile] curtana.livejournal.com at 02:43pm on 14/07/2007
Hm... From an admittedly cursory reading of this page, it *looks* like they were uncle and nephew, not cousins (Nicholas II being the son of Perient Trott, Nicholas II's brother). Apparently there is more info in something called Mercer's Bermuda Settlers. Do you have access to the DNB? One of them has an entry there as well, but I'm too lazy to go log in on Steve's computer and figure out which one - probably the first, I'm guessing.
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posted by [identity profile] curtana.livejournal.com at 02:49pm on 14/07/2007
One of those Nicholas II's should be a Nicholas I, obviously ;)

Genealogy is hard!
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posted by [identity profile] elanya.livejournal.com at 03:15pm on 14/07/2007
I probably have dnb access - what is it? ;)

Bah - it is extra confusing because I thought Bahamas Trott was older, which wouldn't make sense if he was the nephew... In fact that page lists *both* the Nicholas Trotts as being Governor of the Bahamas o_O
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posted by [identity profile] forthright.livejournal.com at 03:17pm on 14/07/2007
No, Bahamas Trott is the uncle ...

The DNB is the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. I have just emailed you the entry.
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posted by [identity profile] elanya.livejournal.com at 03:27pm on 14/07/2007
That makes more sense! Thanks a bunch Steve!

I still wish I knew a bit more about Bahamas Trott, but is fun to see Colonel Rhett's name turn up again. Although the entry lits him as a firm proprietary supporter, that is mostly because they were really weak at actually exerting power in the colony, so he could better get away with being shifty. There is a great quote about him saying he will "wipe his arse" with one of their decrees :V
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posted by [identity profile] forthright.livejournal.com at 04:14pm on 14/07/2007
Glad to be able to help. The DNB is a really neat source of info on British people, and I'm sure you do have access.
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