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James Curle

Profile & Legacies Summary

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Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Awarded the compensation for the enslaved people on Melrose and Mount Nelson in Manchester Jamaica as one of the executors and trustees of Robert Waugh (q.v.). Identified in Waugh's will as a writer in Melrose.

  1. James Curle, a writer aged 50 at Rose bank, Melrose, Roxburghshire in 1841 and who died at Melrose 16/9/1861.

Sources

T71/915 Manchester claim nos. 374 and 375. Will of Robert Waugh of Melrose, Roxburghshire PROB 11/1886/19.

  1. 1841 Scotland census; National Probate Calendar 1861 Scotch Confirmations Sealed.

Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish

Associated Claims (2)

Jamaica Manchester 374 (Melrose)
£517 2s 7d
Awardee (Executor or executrix)
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Jamaica Manchester 375 (Mount Nelson)
£2,530 19s 3d
Awardee (Executor or executrix)
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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
1834 [EA] - → Executor
Melrose [ Jamaica | Manchester ]
1834 [EA] - → Executor
Mount Nelson [ Jamaica | Manchester ]

Addresses (1)

Rosebank, Melrose, Roxburghshire, Southern Scotland, Scotland
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