Thomas Brograve

Annuitant on 'slave-property" in the West Indies. Purchaser in 1774 of an annuity of £50 p.a. on his life and that of Ann Brograve spinster from John Abel Ward secured on the latter's property including enslaved people on Nevis. Ann Brograve died c. 1820 and the executors of Ann Brograve as executrix of Thomas Brograve appeared in the Master's Report of 1837 in the Chancery case of Neave v Miller as entitled to the annuity or the arrears on it. Separately, in the will of Major-General Thomas Cox (q.v.), Cox mentioned Thomas Brograve as party with him to the deed of 1776 establishing annuities on the Spring estate of Montague James in Hanover Jamaica.

1. Will of Thomas Brograve of Springfield Place Essex proved 04/02/1811. He left the bulk of his property to his sister Ann for life.

London Gazette 19129 18 February 1834 p. 296; London Gazette 22415 21 August 1860 p.3106.

1. PROB 11/1519/216.