British Guiana 269 (Plantation Kilcoy)

Not listed in Parliamentary Papers.

T71/885: adjudged, upon a hearing of 11/12/1837: (1) to John Crosthwaite, Archibald Campbell, J. MacAndrew and D. Maclennan £3055 11s 2d as trustees to pay Leonora Lynch 1100 guilders annually (2) to pay to trustees (including Archibald Campbell) 1/4 of the residue, on which interest and accumulations go to Margaret McIver now Fraser, principal goes to heirs of John Fraser (3) and of remaining 3/4 of residue, 1/14th goes to Donald Stewart and 13/14th divided equally between Duncan Fraser, James Fraser, Janet Macfarquhar, Isabel Fraser and Ellen Fraser.

Appeal  to Privy Council.

Privy Council award dated 20/07/1840: the same £3055 11s 2d went to the Lynch trustees. Of the residue, 1/8th went to the trustees of Margaret McIver; 3/8ths went to Robert Fraser; 13th/14ths of the remaining 4/8ths went to the Fraser family group (now expanded); 1/14th of 4/8ths went to Donald Stewart. Conflict between the claimant Duncan Fraser, attorney to the heirs of John Fraser, and Robert Fraser, as attorney for Donald Fraser, brother of John Fraser.  

See also British Guiana claim no. 17 for John Crosthwaite, of Liverpool.

T71/1253: Robert Fraser of New Amsterdam Berbice was attorney of Donald Fraser [late of Newton Red Castle Rosshire now of Inverness, Scotland] and Margaret Fraser [born McIver, of same town]. Donald Fraser died 30/3/1837. Brother James Fraser of Clune in the Aird Invernesshire, died 8/3/1835. The Fraser group were James Fraser's children. Leonorah Lynch was the housekeeper of John Fraser.