1806 - 7th Feb 1864
Merchant in Roseau, Dominica in partnership with Dugald Stewart Laidlaw and Adam Paterson (both of whom q.v.). Reportedly eldest son of William Bremner and Jane Mary Laing, born c. 1806, and heir to the coffee plantation Aberdeen.
T71/881 Dominica claim nos. 4A,B&C, 24, 374 (Aberdeen Estate), 386 (Roberts), 805 and 851; http://www.brebner.com/uploads/bre18070.pdf with some sources given [accessed 08/06/2011].
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Spouse
Married but no further details
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Children
Mary Jane
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Wealth at death
£20
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£59 15s 6d
Awardee
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£1,840 1s 0d
Awardee
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£1,124 13s 7d
Awardee (Judgement creditor)
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£901 19s 4d
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£65 7s 9d
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£82 9s 11d
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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:
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1828 [SY] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
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Son → Father
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42 Southampton Street, Camberwell, London, Surrey, London, England
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28th Mar 1802 - 6th May 1874
Daughter of a wealthy planter and wife of the rector of St Elizabeth, Jamaica. Bigamous convicted forger.
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.
© Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2024
CITING THIS RECORD:
'James Laing Bremner', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/9915 [accessed 3rd December 2024].
