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Nicholas Grizell of Hanover, planter. Estate probated in Jamaica in 1738. Slave-ownership at probate: 39 of whom 25 were listed as male and 14 as female. 6 were listed as boys, girls or children. Total value of estate at probate: £1713.91 Jamaican currency of which £1191 currency was the value of enslaved people. Estate valuation included £0 currency cash, £0 currency debts and £5 currency plate.
Trevor Burnard, Database of Jamaican inventories, 1674-1784.
Marguerite Curtin, Orchard: A Profile of an Estate in North Western Jamaica (Kingston, 2002).
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Will
A will but no further details
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Occupation
Planter
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- 1738 [EY] → Owner
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1781 - 1830
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family who had numerous mercantile connections in the West Indies. The compensation for Baillie's Bacolet in Grenada was awarded to the trustees of her marriage settlement. Grand-daughter of Colin Roy Campbell of Glenmure. Apparently a victim of the quack doctor John St John Lang of Harley Street in 1830.
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:
'Nicholas Grizell or Grizzle', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146635184 [accessed 25th April 2024].
