Ann Carr Gordon (née Mowatt)

1783 - 19th Feb 1847

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Counterclaimant as a judgment creditor for the Dumfries estate in St James, the compensation for which was paid into the colonial court.

  1. In 1841, Ann Carr Gordon aged 60 was living with John Gordon, barrister aged 31 and his family at Duke Street, St Margaret's Westminster. In 1817, she had registered her 'own' enslaved people in St James.

  2. In the 1820 slave register, William Fairclough registered 27 enslaved people by purchase from Francis Gordon attorney to Ann Carr Gordon Owner, registered in St James 1817. Presumably the debt stemmed from this transaction. Fairclough died soon after.

  3. Ann Carr Gordon, age 66, relict of the late William Gordon, died 19/02/1849 and was buried the same day in St John's Church, Circular Road, Calcutta.

  4. Ann Carr Mowatt married William Gordon in St James, Jamaica, 20/12/1806. Three children baptised to them in St James, 1809-1812.


Sources

T71/873 St James no. 403

  1. 1841 census online; Ancestry.com, Slave Registers of former British Colonial Dependencies, 1812-1834 [database online] St James 1817.

  2. T71/211 pp. 307-315.

  3. Fimdmypast, British India Office deaths & burials N-1-75.

  4. Familysearch batch nos. I02814-1 and I04281-1.


Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish
Maiden Name
Mowatt
Spouse
William Gordon
Children
William James (1809-), John (1810-), Ann Eliza (1812-)

Associated Claims (1)

£4,259 9s 9d
Claimants in List E or Chancery cases (Judgement creditor)

Associated Estates (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
22/04/1823 [SD] - 1834 [LA] → Judgement creditor
1817 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Owner

Addresses (1)

Duke Street, Manchester Square, London, Middlesex, London, England