John Thomas Belgrave

Profile & Legacies Summary

1770 - 1809

Biography

Son of Jacob Belgrave senior and his first wife Elizabeth Ann Spike.

John Thomas Belgrave married Elizabeth Phillips 29/01/1801 in St Michael, Barbados. The parish register gives them both as FM ("free mulatto"). They had two children: Julia (baptised 1805) and Thomas Joseph (born and baptised 1810). Julia married John Edward Cumberbatch in 1823.
John Thomas Belgrave, free coloured man, buried 28/06/1810 in St Philip, Barbados, age 40.

Sources

Jerome S. Handler, The Unappropriated People: Freedmen in the Slave Society of Barbados (1974) p. 121.

Familysearch.org, Barbados, Church Records, 1637-1849 [database online].
Ibid.

We are grateful to Ruth Hecht for her assistance with compiling this entry.

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

- 1810 [EY] → Owner

Adventure / Summer Vale [ Barbados | St Philip ]

1817 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Previous owner

Adventure / Summer Vale [ Barbados | St Philip ]

Relationships (8)

John Thomas Belgrave

Father-in-law → Son-in-law

William Coppin

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John Thomas Belgrave

Brothers

Jacob Belgrave junior

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It is possible that the Jacob Belgrave who was brother of John Thomas Belgrave was the Jacob Belgrave who was owner of an estate in St Michael, 1829-34 and an awardee on the claim, Barbados...

John Thomas Belgrave

Son → Father

Jacob Belgrave senior

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John Thomas Belgrave

Brother-in-law → Sister-in-law

Elizabeth Ann Belgrave (née Barrow)

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John Thomas Belgrave

Father-in-law → Son-in-law

John Edward Cumberbatch

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