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Oliver Nugent

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1802

Biography

Oliver Nugent was the original purchaser of two Lots, Nos. 69 and 70 totalling 277 acres in St John Dominica and further two Lots Nos. 70 and 75 in totalling 580 acres in St Joseph Dominica. This was almost certainly the same man as the Oliver Nugent shown by Vere Langford Oliver as Oliver Nugent of Nugents (d. c. 1802 in North America), 1st son and heir of Walter Nugent (d. 1758), 'built "Clare Hall'; Member of Council, sold his estate 1765 to Robert Skerrett; resident at Dominica 1773; bankrupt Nov. 1777.'


Sources

John Byres, References to a plan of the island of Dominica as surveyed from the year 1765 and 1773 (London, 1777); Vere Langford Oliver, History of Antigua Vol II p. 312.

Further Information

Absentee?
West Indian
Spouse
(1) Elizabeth Dunbar (2) Bridget Lynch

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
- 1765 [LA] → Owner
Clare Hall (previously Skerretts and Nugents) [ Antigua | St John ]

Relationships (2)

Oliver Nugent
Brother → Sister
Antonetta Skerrett (née Nugent)
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Oliver Nugent
Brother-in-laws
Robert Skerrett
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