Charles Scott

???? - 1843

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Large-scale attorney in Jamaica who owned in his own right a group some 60 enslaved people attached to Hordley.

  1. Will of Charles Scott on St Thomas-in-the-East [made in 1841] proved 17/11/1843. Among other monetary legacies, he left £100 each to Grace Scott the widow of his brother John Scott and six of John Scott's children (including Mary, wife of George Jamieson; and Helen wife of John Hare (sic: in fact Hair)), all of Scotland, and £150 and £400 respectively to two other sons of John Scott, Charles and Thomas, the latter residing on Duckenfield estate. He left annuities of £6 p.a. each to Eliza Scott of Morant Bay and her two daughters, Mary and Ann. He left two separate sums of £600 in trust for Mary Scott and Margaret Scott, his natural children by Ann Duber [sp?]. He left £40 to the Minister of Sanquhar in Dumfriesshire to be distributed among the poor of the parish. His residuary heir was his natural daughter Ann, the wife of Richard Greaves Marshall (who would not himself accept any legacy, according to the will) for life, and then to her children. In a codicil of 1842 he noted the birth of a son to Ann and Richard Greaves Marshall.

Sources

  1. PROB 11/1989/25.

Associated Claims (1)

£1,137 11s 7d
Awardee (Owner-in-fee)

Associated Estates (16)

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] → Attorney
1829 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Attorney
1826 [EA] - → Executor
1826 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Attorney
1826 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Attorney
1817 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Not known
1817 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Joint owner

Charles Scott appears as the owner of a group of some 60 enslaved people attached to Hordley, an estate for which he was also attorney

1826 [EA] - → Attorney
1832 [EA] - → Attorney
1826 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Attorney
1820 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Attorney
1832 [EA] - → Executor
1832 [EA] - → Executor
1832 [EA] - → Attorney
1826 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Executor
1829 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Attorney