UCL

Hon. George Murray

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1804

Biography

  1. Hon. George Murray, Custos of the parish, was buried in Westmoreland, 18/04/1804.

  2. Will of George Murray of Westmoreland Jamaica [made in 1803] proved 24/09/1804. The will has not been fully analysed by LBS but includes legacies to a network of friends and relatives in Jamaica and Britain (including to the daughters of his friend Robert Milligan of London), as well as the bequest of named enslaved people to his wife Catherine and to Elizabeth Bowen 'a priviledged [sic] woman of colour'.


Sources

  1. Familysearch.org, Jamaican parish registers, Westmoreland Baptisms, Marriages and Burials 1739-1825 p. 137.

  2. PROB 11/1414/245.

We are grateful to Paul Hitchings for his assistance with compiling this entry.

Further Information

Spouse
Catherine

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
1782 [EA] - 1794 [LA] → Trustee
Clayfield [ Jamaica | Westmoreland ]
1799 [EA] - → Owner
Unknown [ Jamaica | Westmoreland ]