UCL

Gomia

St Vincent

Estate Details

Associated People (1)

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
1817 [EA] - 1827 [LA] → Owner
William Cotton

Associated Claims (2)

St Vincent 551A & B (Gomia)
£908 10S 11D
Other than the place-name there is no evidence for a connection between this claim and the Gomia estate shown for William Cotton in the period 1817-1827, which appears to have been broken down with the sale of the enslaved people at or after his death in 1830.
St Vincent 565 (Gomia)
£573 18S 9D
Other than the place-name there is no evidence for a connection between this claim and the Gomia estate shown for William Cotton in the period 1817-1827, which appears to have been broken down with the sale of the enslaved people at or after his death in 1830.

Estate Information (5)

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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 27(Tot)  
[Name] Gomia Estate  
 

William Cotton as owner.

 
T71/493 163
1822
[Number of enslaved people] 37(Tot) 15(F) 22(M)  
[Name] Gomia Estate  
 

William Cotton as owner [increase by purchase from John Dalzell, Madelaine Robinson, Francis Doussard, Gavin Hamilton, Francis Brown Jnr., Roger Swire; some enslaved people also exchanged with Joseph Laborde].

 
T71/495 71-72
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 42(Tot) 16(F) 26(M)  
[Name] Gomia Estate  
 

William Cotton.

 
T71/497 50
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 28(Tot) 11(F) 17(M)  
[Name] Gomia Estate  
 

William Cotton [c. 15 enslaved people sold to William Winn; 2 purchased from James Hazell and 1 from the heirs of Edward Caines].

 
T71/497 47-48
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 2(Tot) 1(F) 1(M)  
[Name] Gomia Estate  
 

The late William Cotton [decrease by deaths, manumission and sale of enslaved people to William McGown, Richard Robertson, John Drape, F Winn, John Logan, Robert Cowdrey, S Nichol, John Nichol].

 
T71/499 58-59