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Hubert Guichard

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1758

Biography

Slave-owner on St Kitts, shown on Samuel Baker's 1753 map in St John Capisterre with his estate immediately south of John Woodley's The Profit. This was probably the estate known as Convent, which in 1794 was shown as in the hands of Hubert Guichard Mercer.

  1. Will of Hubert Guichard of Saint Christopher proved 13/07/1758. He left the bulk of his property to his daughter Mary Booth and his grandson Hubert Guichard Mercer. He left his grand-daughter Mary Mercer 'a negroe woman slave called Melissa and all her issue and increase' and £1000.

Sources

  1. PROB 11/839/231

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
- 1758 [EY] → Owner
Convent [ St Kitts | St Paul Capisterre ]

Inferred by LBS to have been the estate left by Hubert Guichard to his grandson Hubert Guichard Mercer.

Relationships (1)

Hubert Guichard
Grandfather → Grandson
Hubert Guichard Mercer
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