William Brown of Carriacou

Scottish slave-owner on Grenada, dying there c. 1778.

1. Will of William Brown planter of Grenada [made in 1777] proved 11/10/1779. He left his estate to his mother Christian Brown of Forres, Morayshire for her life and then two-thirds of it to his cousins William and John Gordon. He left an annuity to a 'mulatto girl' Charlotte 'now residing in the town of St George', and 'as a mark of my regard and esteem for him for the true and uninterrupted friendship he has ever expressed for me over a very long acquaintance', he left to John Porteus of St George a 'negro man' called Stephen now in his service. The will makes elaborate provision for the purchase and manumission of a 'mulatto boy' called 'William Brown or Brown', then on Montserrat and the property of Mrs Margaret Righton [sp?] .

1. PROB 11/1057/216. The attestation of 07/10/1779 by William Dunbar of Finch Lane suggested he had notarised the original will in January 1778 at the behest of Joh Porteus, one of the executors.