UCL

Bransbys

Montserrat

Estate Details

Associated People (2)

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] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
Robert Dobridge
1831 [EA] - 1831 [LA] → Attorney
John Dobridge

Associated Claims (1)

Montserrat 185 (Bransbys)
£2,697 7S 0D

Notes

This estate was bought by Joseph Sturge in 1857 to demonstrate the efficiency of sugar production under free labour.

Sources

http://sturgefamily.charlessturge.com/Discover/THE%20MONTSERRAT%20CONNECTION.htm [accessed 10/10/2020].

Estate Information (5)

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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 129(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

Return of Robert Dobridge, owner; notes that two absent enslaved people are not included in the total given. This appears to be Bransbys estate.

 
T 71/447 211-215
1821
[Number of enslaved people] 124(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

Return of Robert Dobridge, owner; this appears to be Bransbys estate.

 
T 71/448 38-41
1824
[Number of enslaved people] 133(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

Return of Robert Dobridge, owner; the total number of enslaved does not include an enslaved man named Limerick aged (if living) about 53 years who absconded in 1811 and a woman named Judy Wyke, who had been living in St. Bartholomew's, and had since died. This appears to be Bransbys estate.

 
T 71/449 Dec-15
1828
[Number of enslaved people] 159(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

Return of Robert Dobridge, owner; total of enslaved does not include one enslaved man 'named Limerick supposed to be dead and a colord [sic] woman named Sally Pond at present in Antigua'. This appears to be Bransbys estate.

 
T 71/450 21-25
1831
[Number of enslaved people] 169(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

Return of Robert Dobridge, owner, Returned by John Dobridge, attorney. The return does not include an 'absent' enslaved man named Limerick 'supposed to be dead'. This appears to be Bransbys estate.

 
T 71/451 141-146