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Griffin Bascom

Profile & Legacies Summary

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Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Purchaser between 1828 and 1831 of Bakers estate on St Kitts with 111 enslaved people, for whom he was awarded compensation in 1835 (when the population of enslaved people had reached 116). It is not clear whether he was the same man as Griffin Bascom of Demerara (1790-1852), who was born and died in Barbados.

Further Information

Absentee?
West Indian?

Associated Claims (1)

St Kitts 725 (Bakers)
£1,792 19s 9d
Awardee
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Associated Estates (1)

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
1831 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
Bakers [ St Kitts | Christ Church Nichola Town ]

His surname is spelt Bascombe in the 1834 St Kitts Slave Register.