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Gouyave and Maran Estates

Grenada | St Mark

Estate Details

Associated People (7)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
Not known
Alexander Campbell of Hay Lodge

Reportedly known as 'Marran' after his estate on Grenada. To date his ownership has not been directly traced by LBS.

Other
Henry Rawlinson

Lancashire Museums 'Abraham Rawlinson (1738-1803)' http://collections.lancsmuseums.gov.uk/narratives/narrative.php?irn=156 shows the Rawlinson family's ownership of the 'Goyave' estate on Grenada.

- 1803 [LA] → Joint owner
Abraham Rawlinson MP of Ellel Hall

Abraham Rawlinson left his one-ninth share of the Gouvaye estate in trust in his will to be sold for the benefit of his heirs, including his nephew-by-marriage, John Ford, the husband of the Rawlinson's sister Margaret Chorley. Lancashire Museums 'Abraham Rawlinson (1738-1803)' http://collections.lancsmuseums.gov.uk/narratives/narrative.php?irn=156 shows the Rawlinson family's ownership of the 'Goyave' estate on Grenada.

- 1793 [EY] → Owner
Mungo Campbell of Hundleshope

Shown as the owner of Marran on Grenada by Stephen Mullen

1817 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
Thomas Duncan
1826 [EA] - → Attorney
Alexander McWilliam
1829 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Attorney
John Forrester

Associated Claims (1)

Grenada 603 (Gouyave and Maran Estates)
£7,038 13S 9D

Notes

Described in the 1832 Slave Registers as being in both St John and St Mark parishes, Grenada.

Sources

T71/317 p. 103.

Estate Information (7)

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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 305(Tot)  
[Name] Gouyave, Marran, Mount Nelson and Mount Felix Estates  
 

Belonging to Thomas Duncan as proprietor and worked upon Gouyave, Marran, Mount Nelson and Mount Felix estates in the Parishes of St John and St Mark.

 
T71/265 283-288
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 1482(Tot) 1338(F) 144(M)  
[Name] Gouyave, Maran and Mount Felix Estates  
 

Belonging to or in the lawful possession of Thomas Duncan, position not recorded.

 
T71/274 44-45
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 259(Tot) 131(F) 128(M)  
[Name] Gouyave and Maran Estates  
 

Belonging to or in the lawful possession of Thomas Duncan as Proprietor of Gouyave and Maran Estates in the parishes of St John and St Mark.

 
T71/285 31-32
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 268(Tot) 135(F) 133(M)  
[Name] Gouyave and Maran Estates  
 

In possession of Alexander McWilliam as attorney of Thomas Duncan the proprietor.

 
T71/299 19-20
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 282(Tot) 137(F) 145(M)  
[Name] Gouyave and Maran Estates  
 

Belonging to or in the lawful possession of John Forrester as Attorney of the Proprietor

 
T71/311 136-138
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 276(Tot) 135(F) 141(M)  
[Name] Gouyave and Maran Estates  
 

Belonging to Gouyave and Maran Estates in the parishes of St John and St Mark and in the possession of John Forrester, as attorney to the proprietor.

 
T71/313 15-16
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 272(Tot) 131(F) 141(M)  
[Name] Gouyare and Maran Estates  
 

Belonging to Gouyare [Gouyave?] and Maran Estates in the Parishes of Saint John and Saint Mark and in the possession of John Forrester as Attorney of the Proprietor.

 
T71/317 103-104