Craigston Estate

Estate Details


Associated People (9)

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 [SY] - 1834 [EY] → Attorney
1796 [SY] - 1821 [EY] → Owner
1770 [SY] - 1785 [EY] → Owner
1785 [SY] - 1796 [EY] → Owner
1787 [EA] - 1794 [LA] → Manager

Managed Craigston and Meldrum for his uncle William Urqhuart

1804 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Attorney
1823 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Owner
1829 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Joint owner
1829 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Joint owner

Associated Claims (1)

£5,693 11S 6D

Notes

Surveys, deeds and letters relating to the Craigston and Meldrum estates, 1769-1841 are held at Craigston Castle near Turriff in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. H. Gordon Slade, 'Craigston and Meldrum Estates, Carriacou,1769-1841', Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 114 (1984), 481-537. See http://www.islandtrees.com/IMAGES/Craigston.pdf [accessed 05/03/2020].


Estate Information (12)

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1770
[Number of enslaved people] 33(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
[Size] 120  
 

Purchased by John "Jock" Urqhart from Robert Maxwell of Carriacou and John Maxwell of Terraughtie, Dumfries-shire, including a mortgage due to John Maxwell and William Todd. Total price £5642 10s 3d.

 
H. Gordon Slade, 'Craigston and Meldrum Estates, Carriacou,1769-1841', Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 114 (1984), 481-537. See http://www.islandtrees.com/IMAGES/Craigston.pdf [accessed 05/03/2020]
1783
[Name] Craigston  
[Size] 317  
 
H. Gordon Slade, 'Craigston and Meldrum Estates, Carriacou,1769-1841', Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 114 (1984), 481-537. See http://www.islandtrees.com/IMAGES/Craigston.pdf [accessed 05/03/2020].
1785
[Name] Craigston  
 

Bequeathed by Jock Urquhart to his eldest brother William Urqhuart

 
H. Gordon Slade, 'Craigston and Meldrum Estates, Carriacou,1769-1841', Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 114 (1984), 481-537. See http://www.islandtrees.com/IMAGES/Craigston.pdf [accessed 05/03/2020].
1796
[Name] Craigston  
 

Bequeathed by William Urquhart to his eldest son John Urquhart

 
H. Gordon Slade, 'Craigston and Meldrum Estates, Carriacou,1769-1841', Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 114 (1984), 481-537. See http://www.islandtrees.com/IMAGES/Craigston.pdf [accessed 05/03/2020].
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 232(Tot)  
[Name] Craigston Estate  
 

In lawful possession of William Robertson, attorney to John Urquhart.

 
T71/267 208-212
1821
[Name] Craigston  
 

Bequeathed by John Urquhart to his eldest son William Urqhuart

 
H. Gordon Slade, 'Craigston and Meldrum Estates, Carriacou,1769-1841', Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 114 (1984), 481-537. See http://www.islandtrees.com/IMAGES/Craigston.pdf [accessed 05/03/2020].
1821
[Name] Meldrum  
 

Bequeathed by John Urquhart to his eldest son William Urquhart

 
H. Gordon Slade, 'Craigston and Meldrum Estates, Carriacou,1769-1841', Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 114 (1984), 481-537. See http://www.islandtrees.com/IMAGES/Craigston.pdf [accessed 05/03/2020].
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 239(Tot) 123(F) 116(M)  
[Name] Craigston Estate  
 

Belonging to or in the lawful possession of John Stewart as Attorney to William Urquhart, the Proprietor.

 
T71/285 250-251
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 199(Tot) 104(F) 95(M)  
[Name] Craigston Estate  
 

Belonging to William Urquhart proprietor and in possession of William Robertson attorney.

 
T71/299 282-283
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 212(Tot) 108(F) 104(M)  
[Name] Craigston and Prospect Estates  
 

Belonging to or in the lawful possession of George McLean as Proprietor and Attorney of William Urquhart.

 
T71/311 27-28
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 229(Tot) 116(F) 113(M)  
[Name] Craigston Estate  
 

Belonging to Craigston Estate for the Year 1832 and in the Lawful possession of George McLean Proprietor and attorney for William Urquhart.

 
T71/317 41-42
1834
[Number of enslaved people] 236(Tot) 116(F) 120(M)  
[Name] Craigston and Prospect estates  
 

Belonging to Craigston and Prospect estates in the Island of Carriacou and in the lawful possession of George MacLean Proprietor and Attorney to William Urquhart.

 
T71/328 20-29