John Robertson

No Dates

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Co-mortgagee with Robert Wallace, James Tasker and James Hunter (all three of whom are identifiable as partners in Wallace Hunter (q.v.)), of two estates and the enslaved people attached to them belonging to Bernard M. Senior in Jamaica. In addition Wallace, Tasker and Robertson were awarded a share in slave compensation in 1837 for a judgement debt from 1824 for £851 plus interest on Spring Garden in Trelawney. John Robertson himself has not been further traced in connection with Wallace, Hunter, although a logical inference would be that he had been a partner in the 1820s at least. He was presumably the same man as the John Robertson who was one of the co-owners with James Tasker and others of the Samson cargo ship, launched at Greenock in 1830.


Sources

http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?a1PageSize=75&ship_listPage=2532&a1Order=Sorter_owner_1&a1Dir=DESC&a1Page=8&ref=24461&vessel=SAMSON [accessed 30/09/2021].


Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish?

Associated Claims (3)

£3,298 8s 2d
Awardee
£1,532 11s 5d
Awardee
£2,094 14s 0d
Awardee

Associated Estates (3)

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
1834 [EA] - → Mortgage Holder
1834 [EA] - → Mortgage Holder
1824 [SY] - 1837 [EY] → Judgement creditor

Wallace, Tasker and Robertson were awarded a share in slave compensation in 1837 for a judgement debt from 1824 for £851 plus interest.


Legacies Summary

Commercial (1)

Firm Investment
Wallace Hunter
West India merchant?  
 

Relationships (3)

Business associates
Business associates
Business associates