George Barrow

Profile & Legacies Summary

1745 - 1828

Biography

Brother of John Henry Barrow (q.v.).

George Barrow, age 82 years, of 1 Princes Buildings, was buried 19/04/1828 in Walcot, Somerset.
Will of George Barrow [late of the island of Barbados but now] of Bath Somerset proved 30/04/1828. He left his daughter Sophia Barrow as much 3 per cent bank annuities as would yield her an income of £550 p.a. After some monetary legacies to nieces and nephews he left his real estate to his residuary heir, his daughter Emma, wife of Jedediah Kerie (q.v., under Jedediah Kerie the younger).

Sources

Findmypast.co.uk, Somerset Burial Index [database online].
PROB 11/1738/474.

We are grateful to Stephen Bird for his assistance with compiling this entry.

Further Information

Absentee?

Transatlantic

Spouse

Married but no further details

Children

Emma; Sophia

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

1790 [EA] - 1802 [LA] → Owner

Mount Pleasant [ Barbados | St Philip ]

Vere Langford Oliver shows George Barrow as the owner of Mount Pleasant in 1790 (Hughes-Queree appears to give a different account, attributing the estate to Gen. Robert Haynes ); it appears to have been sold by George Barrow in 1802.