UCL

Charles Gray

Profile & Legacies Summary

No Dates

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Unsuccessful claimant for the compensation for the enslaved people on the Highlands and Francklyn's estates on Tobago. Resident at the time of slave registration in 1833.

  1. The Charles Gray man of colour 1 Frederick Street Albany Street Regents Park whose will was proved 06/12/1854 appears unconnected. This man was described in the 1851 census (when his address was given as Little Albany Street) as widower aged 78 servant born Africa.

Sources

  1. PROB 11/2202/57; 1851 census online.

Associated Claims (2)

Tobago 38 (Francklyn's Estate)
£2,921 6s 0d
Unsuccessful claimant (Owner-in-fee)
Details
Tobago 39 (Highlands)
£2,615 5s 3d
Unsuccessful claimant (consensual)
Details

Associated Estates (2)

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
1829 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
Francklyn's Estate [ Tobago ]
1834 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Not known
Highlands [ Tobago | St David ]

Probably owner-in-fee. He claimed the compensation for the enslaved people on Highlands but lost out to mortgagees.