Benjamin Scott Moncrieffe

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Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Resident attorney, free man of colour.

  1. 1792 - "An act to entitle John Moncrieffe, of the parish of St Mary, a free quadroon man, planter, and Milborough his wife, a free mulatto woman, and their several children, named Mary Moncrieffe, Benjamin Scott Moncrieffe, Elizabeth Moncrieffe, John Moncrieffe, Milbrough Moncrieffe, and Ann Maria Moncrieffe, to the same rights and priviledges with English subjects, born of white parents, under certain restrictions."

  2. Peter Moncrieffe, admitted to Queens' College, Cambridge, 04/06/1829. Of the West Indies, only son of Benjamin, Esquire, of St Anne's, Jamaica. Matriculated 1829. Migrated to Trinity, 12/11/1831; BA 1835. Admitted at the Inner Temple, 12/11/1832. Called to the Bar, 24/11/1837. Peter Moncrieffe, barrister, of York Place, son of Benjamin Scott Moncrieffe gentleman, married Henrietta Cary at St Mark Myddelton Square Islington 07/12/1840.


Sources

Higman, Plantation Jamaica p. 78.

  1. The Laws of Jamaica: 1792-1799 Vol. 3, 1791 [unpaginated].

  2. Ancestry.com, Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900 [database online]; https://jamaica-history.weebly.com/peter-moncrieffe.html [accessed 24/01/2018]; Ancestry.com, London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 [database online].

We are grateful to Jim Brennan for his assistance with compiling this entry.


Further Information

Name in compensation records
Benjamin Scott Moncreiffe

Associated Claims (11)

£2,221 5s 8d
Awardee (Judgement creditor)
£1,286 6s 0d
Awardee (Executor or executrix)
£3,025 11s 8d
Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
£5,496 13s 5d
Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
£1,012 14s 2d
Awardee (Executor or executrix)
£1,166 13s 2d
Awardee (Mortgagee-in-possession)
£217 1s 10d
Awardee
£2,016 1s 3d
Awardee (Judgement creditor)
£135 15s 3d
Awardee
£219 1s 5d
Awardee
£6,114 1s 10d
Awardee (Judgement creditor)

Associated Estates (11)

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
1834 [EA] - → Judgement creditor
1839 [EA] - → Not known
1826 [EA] - → Executor
1826 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Owner
1817 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Attorney
1817 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Executor
1817 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Attorney
1826 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
1819 [EA] - 1825 [LA] → Owner
1829 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Executor
1826 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Mortgagee-in-Possession

Relationships (3)

Other relatives
Notes →
Either son and mother or brother and...
Executor → Testator
Notes →
Also either brothers or father and son. John Moncrieffe was described in 1815 as 'free man', which might refer to the father ( a'free quadroon') or the son. ...
Brother → Sister