Rev. Henry Mair

Rev. Henry Mair, clergyman, born in Dominica, husband of Elizabeth Matravers Mair, awardee of the compensation for the enslaved people on Seven Rivers estate and Old Hope Pen as trustee of a mortgage of the late Martin Williams. The mortgage appears to have been entered into by his father John Mair (q.v.) in 1805: Rev. Henry Mair and his sisters were beneficiaries under the will of John Mair of Clifton who had also been a slave-owner in Dominica.

1. In the censuses of 1841, 1851, 1861 and 1871 living in Donhead Lodge, Tisbury, Wiltshire, born in Dominica. Will proven 30/08/1879 by Elizabeth Matravers Mair, widow, effects £4000. Daughter Elizabeth born c. 1830 in Clifton, Gloucestershire.

2. Adm. pens. at TRINITY, May 28, 1807. Matric. Michs. 1807; B.A. 1811; M.A. 1814. Ord. deacon (Norwich, Dec. 22, 1811; priest, Dec. 20, 1812. Resided at Donhead, Wilts., from before 1841 until 1878. Disappears from Crockford, 1879. (Clergy List.)

T71/873 St James claim no. 3; T71/871 Westmoreland claim no. 219.

1. 1841 census online; 1851 census online; 1861 census online; 1871 census online; National Probate Calendar 1879.

2. Ancestry.com, Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900 [database online]