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Awarded the compensation for Silver Grove in Manchester after claiming as guardian to 'Edward Maitland, Wm Allen, Rebecca, Georgiana Roberts' (his own children), and for Mitcham in St Elizabeth as executor of his sister-in-law Ann Maitland (née Wright).
Married Rebecca Wright 02/11/1816 in Hackney. Edward Maitland Roberts, son of George and Rebecca Roberts, was baptised 28/08/1818 at St Giles Camberwell; a note on the register says 'born in Jamaica Aug. 15 1817.' Another son, William Allen Roberts, was baptised at St Giles Camberwell in December 1818 having been born in London the previous month, with George Roberts listed as a gentleman of Camberwell. No further trace of George Roberts in Britain has yet been found.
George Roberts of the parish of Manchester, Gent, and Ruth Angell of St Elizabeth, spinster, a person of colour, were married by licence in Manchester 27/1/1830. She was his second wife. Emma Victoria, Mary Ann, Elizabeth Hester, Ruth Francis and John Angell Roberts, all children of George Roberts and his wife Ruth, baptised at Lookout, Manchester, 16/12/1840.
T71/860 Manchester nos. 224-7; T71/870 St Elizabeth no. 764.
Ancestry.com, London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 [database online]. Ancestry.com, London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906 [database online]. There is genealogical material relating to the family online at http://www.antonymaitland.com/roberts1 [accessed 03/10/2012].
Familysearch.org, Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 [database online].
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Spouse
[1] Rebecca Wright [2] Ruth Angell
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Children
With [1] Edward Maitland (1817-), William Allen (1818-). With [2] Emma Victoria, Mary Ann, Elizabeth Hester, Ruth Francis, John Angell
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£1,271 5s 11d
Awardee (Guardian)
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£39 8s 5d
Awardee
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£39 8s 5d
Awardee
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£26 12s 2d
Awardee
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£1,222 7s 0d
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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:
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1834 [EA] - → Trustee
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1817 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Joint owner
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02/11/1816 [SD] - 1832 [LA] → Trust beneficiary
Trust beneficiary so long as his wife was alive; after that trustee and guardian of his children. The date of death of his wife Rebecca is unknown but they had a child together born in 1818. |
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Son-in-law → Father-in-law
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Brother-in-law → Sister-in-law
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Husband → Wife
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Father → Daughter
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Father → Daughter
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Father → Son
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Father → Son
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Uncle → Nephew
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Uncle → Nephew
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Uncle → Nephew
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Uncle → Niece
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Uncle → Nephew
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Uncle → Nephew
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Uncle → Nephew
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Uncle → Nephew
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Camberwell, Surrey, London, England
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27th Nov 1782 - 8th Dec 1862
Wesleyan Minister, apparently sought to manumit his enslaved people for religious reasons
Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.
© Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2024
CITING THIS RECORD:
'George Roberts', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/45895 [accessed 12th November 2024].
