UCL

Charles Merrick

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1823

Biography

Slave-owner in Jamaica, apparently killed in a duel in 1823.

  1. Probably but not certainly the Charles Merrick referred to in the will of his brother Thomas William Merrick formerly of Aycliffe Street, Harper Street, Kent Road but late of Bromley in Jamaica proved 03/01/1827. In the latter will, Thomas William Merrick referred to his sister Eliza as a beneficiary under the will of their brother Charles, and portrayed a network of family and friends in Borough and Lisson Grove London.

Sources

Glasgow Herald 05/12/1823 p. 1.

  1. PROB 11/1720/32

Associated Estates (7)

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
1820 [EA] - → Receiver
Belmont [ Jamaica | St George ]
1820 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Executor
Boysdale or Bystell [ Jamaica | St George ]
1817 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Owner
Broad Gate [ Jamaica | St George ]
1823 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Previous owner
Broad Gate [ Jamaica | St George ]
1829 [EA] - → Other
Fort Stewart Estate [ Jamaica | St George ]

Previous owner of enslaved people sold to this estate

1820 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Guardian
Unknown [ Jamaica | St George ]
1820 [EA] - → Owner
Water Valley [ Jamaica | St Mary ]