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Awarded £1000 from the compensation for the enslaved people on Round Hill on Nevis after counterclaiming as a legatee of Grace Camilla Self[e]: the remainder of the compensation was awarded to John Mark Cottle's sister-in-law Fanny Cottle (q.v.).
Son of Thomas Cottle and brother of Thomas John Cottle. Death of John Mark Cottle registered at Cheltenham Gloucestershire Q2 1839.
Grace Camilla Cottle married James Selfe of the parish of Trowbridge Wiltshire 14/11/1797 at St Giles Camberwell. Will of Grace Camilla Selfe widow of Trowbridge Wiltshire proved 25/10/1826.
T71/882 Nevis no. 110. Counterclaim of John Mark Cottle of 10 Charles St., Trevor Square, Knightsbridge, specific legatee under will of Grace Camilla Self[e] (his sister) of a specific legacy under the will of Tho. Cottle, amount due £650 plus interest.
FreeUKGen, England and Wales Free BMD Database, Deaths, 1837-1983 [database online].
Ancestry.com, London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 [database online]; PROB 11/1718.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Name in compensation records
John Cottle
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£2,191 3s 0d
Awardee (Legatee)
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Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, South-west England, England
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10 Charles Street, Trevor Square, Knightsbridge, London, Middlesex, London, England
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1787 - 1861
Enslaved boy on Unity Valley Pen, Jamaica. Manumitted in 1795 by David Barclay and removed to Philadelphia, with 29 other freed persons from the estate, where he was placed under the care of Society for Improving the Condition of Free Blacks.
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:
'John Mark Cottle', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/25288 [accessed 21st November 2024].
