Peter Grant of Leguan

1. Co-owner with James Grant (q.v.) of the Amsterdam estate in British Guiana, the compensation for which was paid as to one-third to Peter Grant's nephew Charles Grant (q.v.) and as to two-thirds to Nicholas Conyngham Tindal as trustee. There were counterclaims from Jane Grant of George Town Demerara and Sophia Fresson born Grant, each for annuity of £50 bequest by codicil to last will of Peter Grant dated 19th May 1823. The Register of Claims describes Tindal as trustee of James Grant and the one-third paid to Charles Grant as 'the compensation paid to heirs of Peter Grant.'

2. The will of James Grant, formerly of Leguan but now of Thoby Priory near Ingatestone Essex was proved 23/03/1823. It states that he owned two-thirds of Amsterdam and Good Intent and that his brother Peter was entitled to the other third. James Grant of Thoby Priory was buried in Fryerning, Essex, in 1822 aged 80 years, ie with a birth date c. 1742.

1. T71/887 British Guiana no. 2382. David Alston, Slaves & Highlanders shows the origins of James and Peter Grant in Banffshire, before establishing a mercantile firm on St Vincent, and identifies the two women counterclaimants as the 'mulatto women Jane and Sophia Grant' who had sought manumission in 1815; see http://www.spanglefish.com/slavesandhighlanders/index.asp?pageid=441232 [accessed 20/04/2020].

2. PROB 11/1667/332. It is indexed online as the will of James Grant of Choby [sic] Priory near Ingatestone Essex. Burial record Essex Record Office, D/P 249/1/8.

We are grateful to David Alston for his assistance with compiling this entry.