UCL

Ambrosius Johannes Pool

Profile & Legacies Summary

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Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Merchant of Amsterdam, in the partnership of Westrik & Pool, a large-scale owner in Berbice. The firm was described as 'late' in 1826, when Gasper Jan Westrik was named as representative of the firm in legal action over the L'Esperance coffee plantation in Berbice, property of the late J. W. Heytmeyer.


Sources

London Gazette 18244 02/05/1826 p. 1036.

Further Information

Absentee?
'Foreign'?

Associated Claims (1)

British Guiana 315 (Mara and Germania)
£8,549 7s 6d
Awardee
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Associated Estates (4)

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
1818 [EA] - 1828 [LA] → Joint owner
Essendam and Sans Souci [ British Guiana | Berbice ]
1818 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Joint owner
Mara and Germania [ British Guiana ]

The enslaved people were registered to Westrik & Pool between 1818 and 1831.

1794 [EA] - 1825 [LA] → Joint owner
Middelburgs Welvaaren [ British Guiana | Berbice ]
1818 [EA] - 1818 [LA] → Joint owner
Schepmoed [ British Guiana | Berbice | Berbice - East Bank ]