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Francis Blower

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Biography

Administration of the will of Francis Blower merchant of St Michael Barbados [made in 1732] was granted 09/06/1768. Under the will he left his plantation called Bally Gulbins [sic: this must have been Ballygiblin, named after the place in Co. Cork in Ireland] to which he had added Cox's, to be held by his executors until 1738, when his daughter Anne would reach 18. He had four daughters in total, Frances, Anne, 'Gibbes' and M[e]ary [later in the will given as Gray].


Sources

PROB 11/939/406. NB this will has details of individual enslaved people bequeathed by Blower to his family that have not yet been analysed by LBS.

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
Owner
Blowers [previously Bully Gubbins or Gubbens] [ Barbados | St Thomas ]

Relationships (3)

Francis Blower
Grandfather → Grandson
Francis Blower Gibbes senior
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An inferred relationship. Francis Blower of Barbados named a son-in-law John Gibbes in his will made in...
Francis Blower
Executor → Testator
John Asgill Gosling
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In 1778 Osgood Hanbury and John Asgill Gosling took on the administration of the will of Francis Blower as attorneys of Blower's daughter Ann Falkingham, Richard Gosling (who was granted...
Francis Blower
Executor → Testator
Osgood Hanbury I
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In 1778 Osgood Hanbury and John Asgill Gosling took on the administration of the will of Francis Blower as attorneys of Blower's daughter Ann Falkingham, Richard Gosling (who was granted...