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Robert Brown of St Vincent

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 20th Oct 1830

Biography

Slave-owner in St Vincent, apparently resident.

  1. Robert Brown bought 57 named enslaved people in 1810 from Morrison Jacks for £2770, of which he paid £1589 15s 8d upfront, the remainder in a mortgage written in trust.

  2. Death "On 20 October, at his residence, New Edinburgh, in the Island of St Vincent, Robert Brown, Esq. a native of Springtown, in the County of Tyrone."


Sources

  1. Deed Book 1810, British Library, EAP688/1/1/21, https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP688-1-1-21 pp. 222-241.

  2. Email from Mark Montgomery, 17/08/2017, sourced to Belfast Newsletter 28/12/1830.

We are grateful to Mark Montgomery for his assistance with compiling this entry.

Associated Estates (3)

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] - 1825 [LA] → Owner
Mount Bentinck [ St Vincent ]
1827 [EA] - 1827 [LA] → Joint owner
Mount Bentinck [ St Vincent ]
- 20/10/1830 [ED] → Other
New Edinburgh [town of] [ St Vincent ]

Robert Brown died at 'his residence', New Edinburgh in 1830.

Relationships (2)

Robert Brown of St Vincent
Mortgagor → Mortgagee
John Brown or Browne merchant of Dublin
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Robert Browne [sic] of St Vincent mortgaged land and enslaved people to John Brown of Dublin in...
Robert Brown of St Vincent
Mortgagor → Mortgagee
Samuel Reading of St Vincent
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