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Matthew Montague

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1816

Biography

Slave-owner in Jamaica, dying at Clifton c. 1816.

  1. Will of Matthew Montague [late of Granby House, Hotwells] Clifton [made in 1812] proved 27/04/1816. In the will he left his property including coffee plantations in Jamaica in trust for his present wife Elizabeth for life, subject to legacies of £200 each to his two natural children, William Montague of Wraxall and Frances Brooks Montague of Bath.

Sources

  1. PROB 11/1579/466.

Further Information

Absentee?
Transatlantic?
Spouse
Elizabeth Parker

Associated Estates (3)

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] - 1831 [LA] → Previous owner
Chelsea [ Jamaica | St Elizabeth ]
1809 [EA] - 1811 [LA] → Owner
Chelsea [ Jamaica | St Elizabeth ]
1807 [EA] - 1807 [LA] → Executor
Norfolk [ Jamaica | St Elizabeth ]

Relationships (2)

Matthew Montague
Executor → Testator
Josias Clarke
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Notes →
Matt Montague was shown as one of two executors in 1807 in the Accounts Produce for an estate later identified as having belonged to Josias Clarke. LBS has inferred Montague was an executor of Josias...
Matthew Montague
Deceased Husband → Widow
Elizabeth Montague (née Parker)
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Addresses (1)

Granby House, Hotwells, Clifton, Gloucestershire, South-west England, England
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