UCL

Joseph Moseley Piggott

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1844

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Slave-owner on Barbados, dying in Cheltenham in 1844.

  1. Will of Joseph Moseley Piggott of [Barbados but at present residing in] Liverpool [made in 1841] proved 15/11/1844. He left an annuity of £200 p.a. to his wife Elizabeth Jane, charged on Fair View, £3000 currency to his daughters Elizabeth Moseley and £3000 currency in trust for his daughter Jemima. He left Fair View itself to his son Joseph Thomas Piggott.

Sources

TNA, T71/550, p. 88. Variant spellings include Mosley and Mosely, Piggot and Piggott. There is or was a memorial plaque for him and his wife in Holy Trinity Church, Cheltenham, http://pittvillehistory.org.uk/bios/Trinity%20memorials/HOLYTRIN.001.pdf [accessed 09/08/2018].

  1. PROB 11/2007/411

Further Information

Absentee?
Transatlantic?
Name in compensation records
Joseph M. Pigott
Spouse
Married but no further details

Associated Claims (1)

Barbados 3851 (Fair View)
£1,929 11s 7d
Awardee
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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
1817 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
Fair View [ Barbados | St George ]

Relationships (2)

Joseph Moseley Piggott
Father → Son
Joseph Thomas Piggott
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Joseph Moseley Piggott
Father-in-law → Daughter-in-law
Sarah Margaret Piggott (née Turpin)
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Addresses (1)

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, South-west England, England
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