UCL

James McGowan

Profile & Legacies Summary

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Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Owner of Galloway Hill in Port Royal, Jamaica. Probably originally from Garliston, Wigtonshire. His brother George McGowan, whose daughter Isabella married Thomas Lancaster Davies (q.v.), was born in Garliston, Wigtonshire, Scotland, 07/06/1774.


Sources

Vere Langford Oliver, Caribbeana being miscellaneous papers relating to the history, genealogy, topography, and antiquities of the British West Indies (6 vols., London, Mitchell, Hughes and Clarke, 1910-1919) vol. 5 p. 39.

Further Information

Name in compensation records
James M'Gowan

Associated Claims (1)

Jamaica Port Royal 21 (Galloway Hill)
£837 0s 2d
Awardee
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Associated Estates (2)

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
1825 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Owner
Clifton [ Jamaica | St David ]
1810 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Owner
Galloway Hill [ Jamaica | Port Royal ]