196 THE STORY OF THE BETTISCOMBE SKULL. 



disposed of the estates in Nevis bearing their name, as I have 

 already stated, to Edward Huggins in 1811. 



Apparently it was not long after the disposal of these 

 estates to the Huggins family that the last of the Pinneys 

 removed from Nevis, for I find, in looking over an old abstract 

 of title which comprises these later dealings, traces of a desire to 

 dispose of their remaining property and business in the Island 

 and to retire to the old country. This they eventually did. 

 John Pinney, who had married Jane Weekes, of Nevis, died 

 on January 23rd, 1818, and from the recital of a marriage 

 settlement executed in 1801, we learn that the name of John 

 Frederick's wife was Frances. Under the will of John Pinney, 

 John Frederick Pinney, Charles Pinney, and the widow Jane 

 were appointed executors, and John Frederick Pinney also 

 residuary legatee. This Charles would appear to be a younger 

 son of John Pinney (Pretor), and to be engaged in business 

 with his elder brother, John Frederick. It is believed that 

 having left the West Indies they retired to Bristol, and set up 

 as merchants there. Miss Huggins indeed tells me that both 

 John Frederick and Charles did so first one and then the 

 other both in her father's life-time. At all events the last 

 document I can find in Nevis with which they are connected 

 was in 1830, and which, apparently, disposed of the remaining 

 Pinney lands to the Huggins family. In this document John 

 Frederick is described as the eldest son and heir of John 

 Pinney, deceased. 



But it may interest my readers to learn that this Charles 

 Pinney, who about this time was Mayor of Bristol, was the 

 hero of a very interesting law case Rex v. Charles Pinney, 

 Esquire an account of which is to be found in the third 

 volume of " Barnewall and Adolphus's Reports " (1832), p. 

 947, and which I came across quite accidentally. In this 

 case, Charles Pinney was charged, on an information filed by 

 H.M.'s Attorney General, with neglect of duty in not having, as 

 Mayor of Bristol, taken proper steps to suppress a riot in that 

 city in October, 1831, during which the mob attacked and 

 burnt the Bridewell, partly destroyed the Bishop's Palace, 



