Andrew Scott

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1857

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Kingston merchant and slave-owner and partner with James Brydon (q.v.).

Andrew Scott, born Pennycuik [or Penicuik] in Midlothian 25/03/1804, a merchant in Kingston Jamaica for 37 years, died in London 10/05/1857, buried in Glasgow Necropolis.

Sources

David Dobson, Scots in the West Indies Vol. I p. 125. He has a memorial in St Andrews Presbyterian Church, Kingston ('the Scots Kirk'), noted by Stephen Mullen, https://glasgowwestindies.wordpress.com/2015/07/05/the-scots-kirk-of-colonial-kingston-jamaica/ [accessed 29/12/2019].

Further Information

Spouse

Anna Maria Mayne

Children

James Symington; John William

Associated Claims (1)

Legacies Summary

Commercial (1)

Partner

James Brydon & Co.
West India merchant

Relationships (1)

Andrew Scott

Business partners

Further Information

People of Interest

Francis Watt of Ottringham

1787 - 8^th Apr 1844

Yorkshire landowner.

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Documents of Interest

Windsor and Williamsfield Inventory of Slaves 1814 p8

Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.

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CITING THIS RECORD:
'Andrew Scott', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/15423 [accessed 25th November 2024].

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