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Richard Gosling

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1769

Biography

London and Barbados merchant, partner with Osgood Hanbury I.

  1. Will of Richard Gosling merchant of [Maryland Point] Westham [sic] [made in 1759] proved 08/02/1770. He left his wife a debt from Gedney Clarke evidenced by a bond for £1189 13s 7d, and monetary legacies to his children, including John Asgill Gosling (q.v.). In a codicil he said that his wife had conveyed to Osgood Hanbury in trust named enslaved people, in order that he [the testator] - who had previously only held them in right of his wife - could sell them if he chose.

Sources

  1. PROB 11/955/63

Further Information

Absentee?
Transatlantic
Spouse
Married but no further details
Children
John Asgill

Legacies Summary

Commercial (1)

Name partner
Hanbury and Gosling
West India merchant - Barbados  
 
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Relationships (2)

Richard Gosling
Father → Son
John Asgill Gosling
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Richard Gosling
Business partners
Osgood Hanbury I
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Addresses (1)

Maryland Point, West Ham, Essex, South-east England , England
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