John Shand

Transatlantic

[With Frances Brown} William Batty Shand, Richard Batty Shand, John Batty Shand, Robert Batty Shand, Millborough Batty Shand, Isabella Batty Shand, Frances Batty Shand

PROB 11/1710/17 - precis.

Hon. John Shand of St Catherine, Jamaica.

I have now standing in the names of Abraham Wildey Roberts, William Curtis the younger and Francis Robertson of the City of London Esquires upon trusts that have been completed the sum of £37,000 at 3% consolidated annuities; this is intended to be transferred into my own name. Also the sum of £58,348 3s 10d or thereabouts is now standing in my name in the said 3% consolidated annuities and £32,000 in the 3% reduced annuities. These sums may have been increased by further purchase. All these sums in the books of the Government of the Bank of England I bequeath to the Rev. John Anderson of the parish of Belly[=Bellie] in Scotland or in case of his death before me to the said Francis Robertson in trust, that he should sell the stocks or funds when he shall find it necessary to pay a certain bond which I have executed to Alexander Brodie of Great Britain with the said John Anderson as my surety for part of the consideration money of certain estates in the county of Kincardine in Scotland, purchased by me from the said Alexander Brodie, on which bond there is now due about £50,000 sterling. The residue of these funds to be sold for the purposes of this my will. But if I should have paid the said bond in my lifetime then the said gift to be void and the sum to become part of my personal estate.

To my sister Helen Shand £3,000 sterling.

To the said John Anderson, Frances Robertson and Colin Robertson of the City of London merchant, £3,000 sterling in trust to lay out in government funds of Great Britain for the use of my reputed son William Batty Shand by Frances Brown of St Catherine, a free woman of colour, my housekeeper. The interest and dividends to be remited to them to pay for the maintenance and education of William Batty Shand until he reaches the age of 23 years. The capital to be transferred to him at that age.

The same arrangements of £3,000 for my reputed son John Batty Shand and for a further £3,000 for my reputed son Richard Batty Shand, £3,000 for my reputed son Robert Batty Shand, £3,000 for my reputed daughter Millborough Batty Shand, £3,000 for my reputed daughter Isabella Batty Shand, £3,000 for my reputed daughter Frances Batty Shand (in the daughters' case at age 23 or marriage) all by the said Frances Brown. A further £3,000 on the same terms for any child that Frances Shand may be enciente with and may be born within 9 months after I leave this island for Great Britain. Should any of them die before age 23 or without issue then their share to be divided amongst the survivors. Should all die then these sums to go to my residuary personal estate.

My plantation of sugar works called Kellis in Clarendon with the pen attached to it, my pen called Mamee Gully and any other lands I may be possessed of in Clarendon, my sugar plantation called Bellmont in St John and any other land in St John, and my pen called Clifton in St Catherine, all to my brother William Shand, Charles Oswin and Hugh McLean upon trust to 500 years; the property to be managed by William Shand.

From the trust, to pay from them an annuity of £200 Jamaican currency pa to Frances Brown, and to her £500 lump sum within 12 months of my decease. Also from the trust, an annuity of £200 pa sterling to Dr John Anderson.

My slaves named Beneba (alias Mary Gray, a Sambo), Betty (a Negro), Diana (a Negro), Primus (otherwise Thomas Gale, a negro whom I have lately manumitted), annuities of £10 Jamaican currency pa each.

From the trust, to raise from the profits of my plantations £21,000 sterling within 5 years at the rate of not less than £4250 sterling each each for the purchase of Parliamentary funds or stocks to accumulate for my four reputed sons and three reputed daughters at age 23 (or marriage, if younger, for the daughters). Should daughters marry without the consent of the trustees then their portions to be held in a separate trust for their sole and separate use.

All rest and residue of my estate to be sold. Residuary legatee William Shand.

Executors to be William Shand, and from his death Charles Oswin and Hugh McLean in Jamaica; William Shand and John Anderson in Britain.

Signed 13/07/1816.

Codicil dated 26/11/1821. The value of my West Indian property renders the paying of £21,000 in trust to my 7 reputed children inexpedient. Instead, I confirm the £3,000 each for them from my personal estate with an additional £2,000 charged upon my Scottish property, making a total provision of £5,000 for each of them. Trustees John Anderson, Francis Robertson and Colin Robertson nominated to receive this money. Alexander Lamont (Writer to the Signet, Edinburgh) to be a trustee for all of the said trusts.

To Mrs Grace or Grizell Anderson, wife of Rev. John Anderson, in the event of her surviving her husband, an annuity of £50 pa, chargeable on my plantations in Jamaica.

To my servant Thomas Gale Lewis as a mark of his fidelity £50 sterling and all my wearing apparel and a further annuity of £20 sterling pa, this bequest to include the £10 Jamaican currency previously bequeathed to him.

Executors in Jamaica to be William Shand, Rev. John Anderson and Alexander Lamont, to replace Charles Oswin and Hugh McLean.

Proved in London 01/03/1826 by Rev. John Anderson and Alexander Lamont.

Proved in London 10/04/1827 by William Shand.

Planter and pen owner