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Legatee of Richard Wilson Greatheed, who in his will acknowledged his debts to Abraham Grellet of Nottingham Place for board lodging, clothes and attendance and money advanced, and left Grellet the money owed to him [Greatheed] for the sale of 'divers negroes or slaves' on St Kitts to William Greatheed Crooke: he also made Grellet universal devisee and executor.
Will of Richard Wilson Greatheed of [Nottingham Place] St Marylebone proved 31/10/1832
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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£2,833 9s 2d
Unsuccessful claimant (Executor or executrix)
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£637 19s 6d
Unsuccessful claimant
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Nottingham Place, London, Middlesex, London, England
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1761 - ????
"Free quadroon woman" and mother of eleven children; independently wealthy, perhaps through legacies left her by her partners James Tierney (died 1784) and Ebenezer Robertson (died 1825).
Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.
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CITING THIS RECORD:
'Abraham Grellet', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146660403 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
