1765 - 1843
Awarded the compensation for the enslaved people on Crosbie's in Antigua and for White's on St Kitts (where he appears as John G. Crosbie). Son of Charles Crosbie (d. c. 1807) and nephew of Major-General William Crosbie (d. c. 1798) MP and John Crosbie of Antigua.
T71/877 Antigua claim no. 26 Sir Gen John Gustavus Crosbie Watergate House nr Petersfield; T71/879 St Kitts claim no. 316; will of Charles Crosbie General in HM's Army and Colonel of the 53rd Regiment of Foot proved 26/03/1807, PROB 11/1457/293; History of Parliament, P.A.Symonds, 'William Crosbie c. 1740-1798) of Upper Seymour Street Marylebone [MP for Newark 1790-1796] http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/crosbie-william-1740-98 [accessed 30/07/2015].
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Spouse
Frances Page White Thomas
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Children
5 daughters, 4 sons, including John Gustavus, William Adolphus
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Occupation
Soldier
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£772 1s 7d
Awardee
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£3,312 12s 5d
Awardee
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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:
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1821 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Heir-at-law
Although the path to ownership is not fully clear, it appears that Crosbies had belonged to John Crosbie, uncle of Sir John Gustavus Crosbie, and that William Crosbie (d. c. 1798), a second uncle of Sir John Gustavus Crosbie, was the mortgagee of his brother's estate. |
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1822 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
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Nephew → Uncle
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Nephew → Uncle
Notes →
General William Crosbie left his estate in trust, subject to several annuities to his female family members, to his brother Charles Crosbie and then to Charles' son John Gustavus Crosbie....
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Son-in-law → Father-in-law
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Barnham Court, Barnham, Sussex, South-east England, England
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Watergate House, Up Marden, Sussex, South-east England, England
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???? - 1848
Successful planter in British Guiana and Grenada; part of a close-knit mixed-race family with numerous business interests.
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:
'General John Gustavus Crosbie', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/930 [accessed 8th October 2024].
