UCL

Ambrose Hayling

Profile & Legacies Summary

1790 - 1854

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Slave-owner in Grenada, apparently resident, and reportedly dying there in 1854. Acquired enslaved people between 1826 and 1829 on his marriage to Cinderella Commissiong.

An unsourced online family tree gives him as the son of Caleb Hayling and Henrietta nee Dyer. Born in Grenada in 1790, dying in Grenada in 1854. Assistant Justice of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Island of Grenada and its Dependencies 19/08/1841. Father of 8 children born before his marriage to Cinderella, between 1811 and 1827.


Sources

Slave register for Grenada, 1829: T71/312 246-247.

'Family CHOLLET/CHOLLETT/CHOLLETTE in USA (from Moudon/Switzerland)', public member tree by Reynold Chollet on Ancestry.com.

We are grateful to Stephen Lewis for his assistance with compiling this entry.

Further Information

Spouse
Cinderella Commissiong

Associated Claims (5)

Grenada 1
£306 3s 7d
Awardee
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Grenada 3
£27 10s 5d
Awardee
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Grenada 342
£221 17s 10d
Awardee
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Grenada 451 (Woburn Estate)
£1,826 15s 1d
Awardee (Executor or executrix)
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Grenada 551
£41 5s 8d
Awardee
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Associated Estates (3)

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
1829 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
Unknown [ Grenada | St George ]
1832 [EA] - → Executor
Unknown [ Grenada | St George ]
1832 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Executor
Woburn Estate [ Grenada | St George ]

Relationships (2)

Ambrose Hayling
Brother-in-laws
Joseph Thomas Comissiong
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Ambrose Hayling
Uncle → Nephew
Domingo Commissiong
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Notes →
Uncle by...