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Esther Swete was the widow of the Antiguan slave-owner Main Swete of Train Devon whose will was proved on 10/07/1736. In 1817 Thomas Norbury Kerby registered 28 enslaved people for the representatives of Mrs Hester Swete, and in 1824 Daniel B. Garling registered 21 enslaved people in Antigua as attorney to Very Rev. Henry Beeke [or Beke] Dean of Bristol, and John Beaumont Swete, reps. of 'Mrs Hester Swete'. Her executors also appear in the Jamaican Slave Registers in linked entries in 1799-c. 1815 for Bog Estate, Retrieve, Strathbogie and Ackendown Pen which indicate that her executors claimed 'joint possession' of the estates.
T71/245 p. 145. By 1828 the enslaved people had been sold 'by Rev. John Swete' to John Billinghurst, T71/249 p. 78. The will of Main Swete was PROB 11/678/87.
1 .PROB 11/1075/73.
Absentee?
British/Irish
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Spouse
Main
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Children
Adrian John;
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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:
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1799 [EA] - 1807 [LA] → Not known
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1799 [EA] - 1807 [LA] → Not known
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1763 [EA] - 1781 [LA] → Heir
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1803 [EA] - 1803 [LA] → Heir
The trustees and executors of Esther Swete appear in the registration for the estate. |
- 1781 [EY] → Owner
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Legatee → Testator
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Testator → Legatee
Notes →
The Rev. John Tripe changed his name in order to inherit under the will of Esther Swete, a relative of his...
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Testator → Trustee
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Rev. Henry Beeke was also contingent...
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Bath, Somerset, South-west England, England
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