Antigua 554

5th Jun 1837 | 35 Enslaved | £498 9s 3d

Claim Details

Claim Notes

Parliamentary Papers p. 310. The award was split: 'a moiety' went to Watts and Horsford, and to Watts and his wife.

T71/1294: claim by J. McHugo for his wife Sarah, in right of her children; claim from Samuel Watts, in right of his wife Margaret, by his attorney J. Osborn, as inheritors of Mary Haverkam (?); counterclaim by Samuel Watts and Robert Horsford, as trustees under deed of conveyance in trust for Sarah McHugo and her children.

See also Antigua claim no. 822 for Samuel Watts in North Wales.

T71/1223: shows Samuel Watts as a major in HM's army; Robert Horsford was of Antigua.

T71/1223: letter, dated 15/05/1837, from Barron & Co., 4 Upper Charles St., stating that Mrs Watts and Mrs McHugo were both grand-daughters of Monica Kirwan; Mary Haverkam was their mother. Lt-Col. Samuel Watts and Robert Horsford were constrained to counterclaim versus Mrs McHugo's claim by virtue of the trust deed executed by Mrs McHugo in favour of her children before her marriage to Mr McHugo. Mr McHugo 'has declared that he does not intend to interfere with the obvious purposes of his wife's Trust Deed'.


Further Information

Colony
Antigua
Claim No.
554
Contested
Yes

Associated Individuals (6)

Beneficiary deceased
Unsuccessful claimant
Unsuccessful claimant
Awardee
Awardee (Trustee)
Awardee