Richard Gilborne
Christen: | Not known |
Death: | 9 Oct 1794, Philadelphia, U.S.A. |
Burial: | Not known |
Occupation: | Planter |
Father: | Not known |
Mother: | Not known |
Very little is known of the life of Richard Gilborne. No birth or marriage record has been found, but he and his wife baptised two children in St. Catherine, Jamaica, The announcement of his death in the Jamaican newspaper 'Royal Gazette' on 22 November 1794 read simply:
DIED
In Philadelphia, 9th of October last, where he went for the benefit of his health, Richard Gilborne, Esq. of the parish of St. Catherine, Planter.
He is probably related to, and possibly the son of, John Gilbourn (or Gibbourn), who married Lousia [Louisa?] Hornsbie in St. Dorothy, Jamaica 30 June 1751. No baptism of Richard has been found however. Two children baptised in the same parish of St. Dorothy, Thomas Garland Gilborne in 1757 and Mark in 1767 seem likely to be John's sons, though no parents names are given in the church record. (More discussion of his possible links to Tree 5 can be found here. An inventory of his possessions made following his death has survived.
Jamaica Archives, Spanishtown, Probate Inventories#1B/11/3, v. 83, p. 152
Jamaica, An Inventory and appraisement of all and singular the goods and chattels, rights and credits which were of Richard Gilbourne late of the parish of Saint Catherine in the County of Middlesex Esquire deceased, as they were shown unto us by Jane Gilbourne widow and Francis Clark gentleman his executrix and executor:
Negro man named Brittain | £70 |
Ditto named Sommersett | 70 |
Ditto named Limerick | 70 |
Ditto named Sirus | 70 |
Ditto named Dublin | 68 |
Negro woman named Olive | 70 |
Ditto named Phillis | 70 |
Ditto named Charity | 68 |
Three horses | 60 |
One mule old | 20 |
One she ass | 4 |
Fourteen goats | 11 |
Four hoggs and small stock | 6. 5. 0 |
Wearing apparel or bed linen | 37. 8. 9 |
A parcel old books | 1. 0. 0 |
Household furniture &c. | 25. 0. 0 |
6 silver table spoons, 6 tin ditto, 1 soup ditto 1 puncheon | 6. 0. 0 |
2 silver watches | 6.10.0 |
1 pair silver spurs | 1. 2. 6 |
2 pair knee buckles, 1 pair shoe buckles 1 stock buckle | 0. 6. 8 |
1 pair gold sleeve buttons, 1 shirt buckle and one gold ring | 1. 2. 6 |
1 pair pistols | 1. 5. 0 |
3 guns | 3.15. 0 |
A parcel cookery ware | 4. 4. 7 |
2 old saddles and one bridle | 1.10. 0 |
1 pair Oznaburghs 108 yds. | 7. 3. 0 |
Due from George Seddon on balance of account due | 292.19. 3 |
Wm. Alexander’s bond | 13.15. 0 |
principal with interest now due | 14.15. 0 |
1 coffee mill, 12 coffee bags, cask, & c. | 30. 0. 0 |
TOTAL: | £1091. 7. 3 |
In obedience to the warrant of appraisement hereunto annexed and to us directed we have inventoried and appraised all and singular the goods and chattels rights and credits, which were of Richard Gilbourne late of the parish of Saint Catherine in the county of Middlesex Esquire deceased, as the same were shown to us by Jane Gilbourne, widow and Francis Clark gentleman his executrix and executor, and we do find that the same amounts to the sum of one thousand and ninety one pounds seven shillings, and three pence current money of Jamaica all which we certify under our hands and seals this 16th day of March 1795.
[Note. Values in £.s.d (pounds, shillings and pence) 1s = 12d, £1 = 20s]
Bob, a creole belonging to Richard Gilbourne had been recorded in Spanish Town workhouse, 17 May 1791 but was obviously not still with him in 1794.
In the 1811 Jamaica Almanac, 'The heirs of Richard Gilborne' are listed at Cocoa Walk, St. Catherine, owning 85 slaves and 13 head of stock.As with all his other posessions, the slaves were inherited by Richard's wife and children. The slave trade with Africa was abolished in 1807, and in 1817 triennial surveys of slave ownership were instituted. These 'censuses' give us some record of the family, but also show us where slaves adopted the surname of their owners. We do not know any more of Richard's family until the first of these surveys, when we find preserved in the UK National Archives [Document T71/1 pp729-30]:
Jane Gilborne filed 24th. Sept. 1817
Jamaica Ss - A return of Slaves in the parish of Saint Catherine in the
possession of Jane Gilborne widow as owner on the 28th day of June
in the year of our Lord 1817.
Names | colour | age | african or creole | Remarks | |
Males | |||||
Harry | negro | 32 | african | ||
Richard | negro | 18 | african | ||
William | mulatto | 37 | creole | ||
Females | |||||
Rose | negro | 50 | african | ||
Chloe | negro | 52 | african | ||
Easter | negro | 70 | creole | ||
Susannah Ann Brown formerly Charlotte |
negro | 40 | creole | christened | |
Males....Three Females - Four Total - Seven |
I Jane Gilborne of the parish of Saint Catherine widow do swear that the
above list and return consisting of one sheet is a true perfect and complete
list and return to he best of my knowledge and belief in every particular
therein mentioned of all and every slave and slaves possessed by me
as owner considered as most permanently settled worked or employed
in the parish of Saint Catherine on the twenty eighth day of June
one thousand eight hundred and seventeen without fraud deceit
or evasion so help me God.
Jane Gilborne
Sworn before me the twenty
third day of Sept. 1817
John March
As can be seen, none of the slaves appear to be those she inherited when her husband died. However these may be Jane's personal slaves, as a second entry [Document T71/1 pp732-33] contains a much longer list from Jane Gilborne, for what appears to be a list of slaves held by her until she dies, but belonging to the business and to pass to Susan Machglashan after Jane's death.:
Jane Gilborne (as tenant for life with remainder) filed 24th Sept 1817.
Jamaica Ss. A return of slaves in the parish of Saint Catherine in
the possession of Jane Gilborne widow as tenant for life with remainder
to Susan Machglashan on the 28th, day of June in the year of our Lord 1817.
Names | colour | age | african or Creole | Remarks | |
Males | |||||
James | negro | 32 | creole | ||
Humphrey | Sambo | 36 | creole | ||
Ned | negro | 25 | creole | ||
Robert | negro | 23 | creole | Son of Diner | |
Tom | negro | 19 | creole | Son of Diner | |
John | negro | 18 | creole | ||
Cuffee | negro | 14 | creole | ||
Quashie | negro | 18 | creole | Son of Jean | |
Harry | negro | 11 | creole | Son of Sukey | |
William | mulatto | 10 | creole | Son of Molly | |
August | negro | 12 | creole | Son of Diner | |
Thomas | mulatto | 8 | creole | Son of Molly | |
Billy | negro | 8 | creole | Son of Dinah | |
Jack | negro | 8 | creole | Son of Maria | |
Jeffry | negro | 6 | creole | Son Pamilla | |
Daniel | negro | 6 | creole | Son of Molly | |
January | negro | 2 | creole | Son of Jean | |
Females | |||||
Diner | negro | 45 | creole | Mother of Robert, Tom, Mary & August | |
Dinah | negro | 44 | creole | Mother of Pamilla & Billy | |
Jane Frances | negro | 40 | creole | Mother of Susannna | |
Molly | negro | 35 | creole | Mother of Catherine, Thomas, Daniel, & Jeffry | |
Sukey | negro | 32 | creole | Mother of Abba [Amba?], Harry, Abigail | |
Jean | negro | 40 | creole | Mother of Quashie, Margaret, January, & Amey | |
Maria | negro | 22 | creole | Mother of Hannah & Jack | |
Jane Gilborne | mulatto | 24 | creole | Mother of Elizabeth Corrall | |
Hannah | negro | 17 | creole | Daughter of Maria | |
Mary | negro | 15 | creole | Daughter of Diner | |
Amba | negro | 14 | creole | Daughter of Sukey | |
Abigail | negro | 9 | creole | Daughter of Sukey | |
Jessy | negro | 1 | creole | Daughter of Molly | |
Susannah | Sambo | 2 | creole | Daughter of Jane Francis | |
Amey | negro | 6mo | creole | Daughter of Jean | |
Elizth Corrall formerly Betsy | Quadroon | 1 yr | creole | Daughter of Jane Gilborne | |
Pamilla | negro | 25 | creole | Daughter Dinah and mother of Jeffry | |
Males....Seventeen Females - Seventeen Total - Thirty four |
I Jane Gilborne of the parish of Saint Catherine widow do swear that
the above list and return consisting of one sheet is in a true perfect and
complete list and return to the best of my knowledge and belief in every
particular therein mentioned of all and every slave andslaves possessed
by me as tenant for life with remainder, to Susan Machglashan considered
as most permanently settled worked or employed in the parish of Saint
Catherine on the twenty eighth day of June one thousand eight hundred
and seventeen without fraud deceit or evasion So help me God.
Jane Gilborne
Sworn before me this twenty
third day of September 1817
John Marsh
Three years later, a further return was made, showing changes since the 1817 record, However no record has been found for Jane Gilborne in 1820, and it was assumed that she had died.A further three years later, another return was made, confirmed that Jane Gilborne had indeed died, in October 1819, so no return was available for her. There also appears to be no record of her slaves in 1820, but some of them have been traced in later years. In 1823, all except William were in the possession of Charles Mackglashan and William Myers who gave as the reason for the change in the number of slaves they held "by the death of Mrs. Gilborne and her daughter Mrs. Susannah McGlashan as representatives of the latter."
In 1826 the same owners reported that of Jane Gilborne's slaves listed in 1817 Rose had died in 1824, and that Henry, Richard and Susannah Ann Brown had been sold "under a Writ of Venditioni." Richard is believed to be the slave shown in the return of John Oldham, Attorney to Sarah Buckmaster, in 1832 in the parish of St. George. He is recorded as Richard Gilborne, Purchased, and is probably the Richard Gilborne who died later that year. This is not certain however, for a Richard Gilborne, in his role as Administrator of the estate of Sarah Mary Gilborne is found in 1829 to be the possessor of four slaves in Kingston - unlikely if he himself was a slave.
Susannah Gilborne
Richard and Jane's daughter, Susannah married Thomas Mackglashan, a lieutenant in the 101st regiment, on 11 December 1809 in St. Catherine. Three of their children were baptised in St. Catherine, but the third baptism, of daughter Charlotte Susan on 5th December 1817, indicated that her father was deceased. (Parish records show that he had been killed in a duel in September 1815.) The next slave return after Jane Gilborne's was for Susan Mackglashan - Jane's daughter:
Susan Machglashan (As tenant with remainder) filed 24th. Sept. 1817
Jamaica Ss. A Return of Slaves in the parish of Saint Catherine in
the possession of Susan MachGlashan widow as Tenant for life with
remainder to Jane Eliza Machglashan John Wellington Machglashan and
Charlotte Susannah MachGlashan on the 28th day of June in the year of our Lord 1817.
Names | colour | age | african or creole | Remarks | |
Males | |||||
Dublin | negro | 35 | African | ||
Limerick | negro | 36 | African | ||
Syrus | negro | 37 | African | ||
Britain | negro | 50 | African | ||
Oxfords | negro | 30 | African | ||
Apollo | negro | 28 | African | ||
Rodney | negro | 30 | African | ||
Sampson | negro | 37 | African | ||
Jasper | negro | 30 | African | ||
Neptune | negro | 32 | African | ||
Hamlet | negro | 40 | African | ||
Charles | negro | 22 | Creole | ||
Hercules | negro | 16 | creole | Son to Olive | |
Edward | negro | 13 | creole | Son to Harriet | |
Romeo | negro | 13 | creole | Son to Sophia | |
Henry | negro | 11 | creole | Son to Priscilla | |
Philip | negro | 11 | creole | Son of Sophia | |
Stephen | negro | 10 | creole | Son to Harriet | |
Colin | negro | 7 | creole | Son to Olive | |
Mars | negro | 6 | creole | Son of Sophia | |
Richard | negro | 6 | creole | Son to Priscilla | |
Prince | negro | 4 | creole | Son to Priscilla | |
Ceasar | negro | 3 | creole | Son to Harriet | |
Manchester | negro | 5 | creole | Son to Lucy | |
Edwin | negro | 12 | creole | Son to Lucy | |
Dick | negro | 18mo | creole | Son to Lucy | |
Isaac | negro | 6mo | creole | Son to Harriet | |
Females | |||||
Olive | negro | 40 | african | Mother of Hercules & Colin, Phebe & Sebina | |
Charity | negro | 32 | african | ||
Harriet | negro | 32 | african | Mother of Edward & Nancy, Stephen Ceasar & Isaac | |
Lucy | negro | 30 | african | Mother of Edwin, Dick, Manchester & Eleanor | |
Sophia | negro | 40 | african | Mother of ??, Philip & Mars [?? does not appear to be Romeo, which would be expected from Male names above] |
|
Priscilla | negro | 26 | creole | Mother of Henry Richard & Prince | |
Sabina | creole | 21 | african | Daughter to Olive | |
Juliet | negro | 14 | creole | ||
Phebe | negro | 13 | creole | Daughter to Olive | |
Lettice | negro | 11 | creole | ||
Eleanor | negro | 8 | creole | Daughter to Lucy | |
Nancy | negro | 6 | creole | Daughter of Harriet | |
Males....Twenty seven Females - Twelve Total - Thirty nine |
I, Susan Machglashan of the parish of Saint Catherine widow do swear
that the above list and return consisting of one sheet is a true perfect
and complete list and return to the best of my knowledge and belief
in every particular therein mentioned of all and every slave and slaves
possessed by me as tenant for life with remainder to Jane Eliza
Machglashan John Wellington Machglashan and Charlotte Susannah
Machglashan considered as a most permanently settled worked & employed
in the parish of Saint Catherine on the twenty eighth day of June one thousand
eight hundred and seventeen without fraud, deceit or evasion So help me God.
Susan Machglashan
Sworn before me this twenty third
day of September 1817
John March
It can be seen that these include the slaves Dublin, Limerick,Syrus, Britain, Olive and Charity that were owned by Richard Gilborne at his death. Susan submitted two lists of changes in 1820 [T71/2/426 pp784-5] one designated as slave held by her as owner, the other for those held by her as tenant for life, before thay passed to her children. These showed changes for the slaves held by her in 1817 and also those held by Jane Gilborne. The combined changes are:
Births:Dublin | Negro | 2 | son of Maria | Creole |
Alexander | Sambo | 2 | son of Mary | Creole | Frank | Negro | 2 1/2 | son of Molly | Creole |
Yorkshire | Negro | 1 1/2 | son of Hannah | Creole |
John | Sambo | 1 1/2 | son of Jane Frances | Creole |
Pompey | Negro | 1 | son of Lucy | Creole |
George | Negro | 2 1/2 | son of Priscilla | Creole | Sarah | Negro | 2 | Daughter of Charity | Creole |
Deaths:
Mars | Negro | 6 | 24 Aug 1817 | Creole |
Ceasar | Negro | 3 | 5 May 1819 | Creole | Sophia | Negro | 40 | 11 Jan 1818 | African |
Suckey | Negro | 32 | 26 Sept 1817 | Creole |
Jessey | Negro | 1 | 13 Apr 1818 | Creole |
Manumized (Freed from slavery):
William alias William Pike | Mulatto | 13 | Son of Molly | Creole |
Thomas alias Thomas Pike | Mulatto | 11 | Son of Molly | Creole | Jane Gilborne | Mulatto | 27 | Creole |
Elizabeth Corrall | Quadroon | 4 | Creole | |
Mary Roberts Corrall | Quadroon | 2 |   | Creole |
Elizabeth and Mary Roberts Corrall were probably children of the manumized Jane Gilborn, for another quadroon son, John James Corrall (or Carroll?) was baptised in 1825.
Slavery was finally abolished in Jamaica in 1833.
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