Elizabeth Cottle

1762 - 1838

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Counterclaimed unsuccessfully for the compensation for the enslaved people on Round Hill on Nevis as a legatee under the will of her grandfather John Cottle. The compensation was awarded to Elizabeth Cottle's brother John Mark Cottle and her sister-in-law Fanny Cottle (both of whom q.v.).

  1. There is a marble tablet to Mrs [sic] Elizabeth Cottle spinster of Nevis, West Indies 1838 in the Church of St Leonard, Chelwood Somerset. Death of Elizabeth Cottle registered at Clutton Q2 1838.

  2. 'Somerset April 18 [1838] At the residence of Mrs Rebecca Warner, Chelwood, aged 76 [death of] Miss Elizabeth Cottle, daughter of the late Thomas Cottle esq., solicitor-general of the Island of St Christopher and sister of Thomas John Cottle, esq. President of the Island of Nevis and of Thomas [sic] Mark Cottle esq of Bath.'


Sources

T71/882 Nevis claim no. 110. Counterclaim by Elizabeth Cottle (sister of Thomas [John] Cottle), Chelwood Somerset legatee under will of John Cottle (grandfather of Thomas [John] Cottle), £2000 (withdrawn 28/4/1837).

  1. http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-32902-church-of-st-leonard-chelwood [accessed 16/07/2012]. FreeUKGen, England and Wales Free BMD Database, Deaths, 1837-1983 [database online].

  2. Gentleman's Magazine Vol. 165 August 1838 p. 228.


Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish

Associated Claims (1)

£2,191 3s 0d
Unsuccessful claimant (consensual)

Addresses (1)

Chelwood, Somerset, South-west England, England