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Rowland Otto Baijer or Bayer the elder

Profile & Legacies Summary

1726 - 1762

Biography

  1. Will of Rowland Otto Bayer late of Antigua but now of New Ormond Street St Andrew Holborn proved 12/10/1762. In the will he left his estate of Vaughan's and the enslaved people on it in North Sound to his son Rowland Otto Baijer unless his eldest son John Otto Baijer who was incapacitated recovered from his 'infirmity'. He left his wife Elizabeth £300 and his daughters Frances Rachael, Mary Otto and Catherine £1000 each and annuities of £52 p.a. each. In a codicil he raised the legacies to his daughters to £1500 each. In a codicil dated 26/11/1761 the testator said 'My son Rowland will probably inherit Pares' estate, his mother's', as well as Vaughans. In a final codicil of 1762 he confirmed his heir as Rowland Otto Baijer, and left his son John Otto Baijer an annuity of £120 p.a.

Sources

  1. PROB 11/880/318

Further Information

Absentee?
Transatlantic?
Spouse
Elizabeth Pare

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
- 1762 [EY] → Owner
Donovans [formerly Vaughans] [ Antigua ]

Relationships (4)

Rowland Otto Baijer or Bayer the elder
Father → Son
Rowland Otto Baijer or Bayer
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Rowland Otto Baijer or Bayer the elder
Father → Daughter
Katherine Edwards (née Baijer)
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Rowland Otto Baijer or Bayer the elder
Father-in-law → Son-in-law
Zachary Bayly Edwards
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Rowland Otto Baijer or Bayer the elder
Brothers
John Otto Baijer or Bayer of Exeter
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Addresses (1)

New Ormond Street, London, Middlesex, London, England
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