ting ▁were ▁probably ▁English ▁by e - bo at ▁fish erm en ▁and ▁plan ters ; ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁prominent ▁land marks ▁in ▁T il ting ▁have ▁English ▁names , ▁such ▁as ▁Hen ning ' s ▁Hill , ▁Dom ine y ' s ▁Brook , ▁Ch alk ' s ▁Hill , ▁and ▁T rug ard ' s . ▁Event ually ▁the ▁Irish ▁focused ▁their ▁settlement ▁on ▁T il ting , ▁and ▁the ▁English ▁moved ▁away . ▁This ▁may ▁have ▁been ▁because ▁the ▁large ▁merchant ▁in ▁the ▁area , ▁L ester ' s ▁of ▁Tr inity , ▁placed ▁an ▁Irish ▁agent ▁named ▁Ryan ▁at ▁T il ting , ▁to ▁serve ▁the ▁Irish ▁and ▁manage ▁their ▁accounts ▁with ▁L ester . ▁L ester ' s ▁initial ▁interest ▁in ▁T il ting ▁cent red ▁on ▁the ▁late - w inter ▁se al ▁fish ery . ▁L ester ▁sent ▁large ▁numbers ▁of ▁Irish ▁passengers ▁and ▁workers ▁to ▁T il ting ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 7 6 0 s ▁and ▁ 1 7 7 0 s , ▁and ▁good - n ature d ly ▁referred ▁to ▁the ▁plan ters ▁of ▁T il ting ▁as ▁"", ▁probably ▁because ▁they ▁had ▁a ▁reputation ▁as ▁hard ▁b arg ain ers . ▁ ▁Thomas ▁Bur ke ▁was ▁probably ▁the ▁first ▁Irish ▁plan ter ▁to ▁sett le ▁in ▁T il ting , ▁apparently ▁in ▁ 1 7 5 2 . ▁He ▁had ▁a ▁substantial ▁fish ing ▁business ▁based ▁out ▁of ▁T il ting ▁and ▁carried ▁his ▁fish ▁and ▁se als ▁directly ▁to ▁St