UCL

James Gilchrist

Profile & Legacies Summary

No Dates

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Owner and unsuccessful claimant for the enslaved people on Sage Hill in Antigua. Awarded the compensation for several smaller claims in Antigua and almost certainly the same man as the administrator of Richmond and Howards under Antigua no. 397, given as 'J. Gilchrist.'


Sources

James Gilchrist prop. registered enslaved people on an unnamed estate inferred on Antigua to be Sage Hill, e.g. 103 enslaved people on an unnamed estate in 1828, T71/249 pp. 297-299.

Associated Claims (6)

Antigua 196
£91 1s 5d
Awardee
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Antigua 249
£28 8s 4d
Awardee
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Antigua 286 (Sage Hill)
£1,763 6s 5d
Unsuccessful claimant (Owner-in-fee)
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Antigua 820
£56 16s 8d
Awardee
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Antigua 831
£144 11s 5d
Awardee
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Antigua 397 (Richmond & Howard's)
£4,525 7s 8d
Unsuccessful claimant (Administrator)
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Associated Estates (1)

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
1817 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
Sage Hill [ Antigua ]