UCL

George Cragg

Profile & Legacies Summary

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Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Resident planter in Jamaica, describing himself in 1834 as having been 'a merchant at Montego Bay, and for the last ten years proprietor of a sugar estate. I reside on my own estate, the Bogue, in St James's.'


Sources

Examination before a Committee of the Jamaican House of Assembly, 31/10/1834, in House of Commons Series, 'Accounts and Papers relating to Abolition of slavery' Vol I pp. 51-63: George Cragg, whose evidence was given 06/11/1834, was shown as '10 years proprietor' on Bogue, St James.

Associated Claims (3)

Jamaica St James 483
£418 12s 11d
Awardee
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Jamaica St James 50 (Bogue Estate)
£3,708 4s 4d
Unsuccessful claimant (Owner-in-fee)
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Jamaica Trelawney 533 (Wedderly)
£1,679 5s 11d
Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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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
1826 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Owner
Bogue Estate [ Jamaica | St James ]
1832 [EA] - → Executor
Concordia / Wales [ Jamaica | St James ]
1829 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
Wedderly [ Jamaica | Trelawney ]