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Will of Maurice Ogston planter of Dominica proved 10/01/1843. He left £30 p.a. from the interest on £1500 to his father Thomas Ogston with £600 of the principal on the latter's death to his sisters Grace, Isabel and Wilhelmina in Scotland and his sister-in-law Mrs Ogston in Belfast, with the rest of his property to be sold to support his wife Amelia and children, who were to be sent at age 8 or 9 to Britain; when the eldest child was 21 his trustees were to buy an annuity of £60 p.a. for his wife Amelia and his remaining property be divided among his children.
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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:
'Maurice Ogston', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/45640 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
