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John Brathwaite

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Biography

John Brathwaite was shown as the owner of Grettons on Barbados between 1817 and 1832, but made no appearance in the compensation claims for the enslaved people on the estate. This John Brathwaite was presumably related to Elizabeth Brathwaite and Mehetabel Brathwaite, both claimants in the Chancery case concerning Barbados 3101 (Gretton's estate) under their parents marriage settlement. It appears that these might have been daughters of Robert Brathwaite (1723-1791), half-sisters of Hon. Miles Brathwaite and possibly sisters of John Brathwaite the owner. John Higginson and his successors appear as creditors both for Gretton and for a counterclaim against Rev. John Brathwaite (under Barbados no. 4228), raising the possibility that John Brathwaite and Rev. John Brathwaite were one and the same.

  1. The Hon. John Brathwaite as President, Administering the Government of Barbados signed a despatch 17/06/1841 to Lord John Russell. It was presumably this man whose death was reported in 1844.

Sources

  1. Accounts and Papers Colonies West Indies 03/02/1842 to 12/08/1842 (4) Vol. XXIX; http://www.limerickcity.ie/media/12%2018%2044.pdf [accessed 19/08/2018].

Associated Estates (1)

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] - 1832 [LA] → Owner
Grettons / Foul Bay / Fowl Bay / Oldbury [ Barbados | St Philip ]

There is possible confusion here between the Rev. John Brathwaite and John Brathwaite. They may have been the same person.