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Pat Stafford, Gittens Wills, 1729-1860 (, Dec 2008).
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1834RB4/67/173 Elizabeth Gittens of the parish of St. Michaelspinster…I do hereby give full power to my Executrix and Executor…tosell …my three following slaves viz James, John William and JohnPeters allowing the above named James the privilege of choosing anowner, it being a promise made to him for his good behaviour…and themonies arising there from together with any monies that may be due tome from the Tenants…to be applied as follows: …just debts… to bepaid…. …to my sister Mary Gittens and my nephew Robert Hendy and thesurvivor of them…my Negro woman slave named Laetetia…in Trust…thatthey shall by a good and sufficient deed of conveyance…sell andconvey to any person who shall be living in …Great Britain…about toleave this island… that such person do and shall as may be convenientby a good and sufficient deed of manumission…manumit enfranchise andset free of and from all manner of servitude and bondage whatsoeverthe said Laetitia and her issue… such Deed of Manumission …to beproved in the usual legal way, and to be recorded in the Secretary'sOffice of this island. ….what plate I may be possessed of to my sisterthe said Mary Gittens for her life, and at her death, the snuffers andtray…to my niece Ann Elphinstone Hendy, and the remainder to my nieceRebecca Gittens Haversaat….The balance of money…unto my two greatnieces Ann Jones Hendy Daughter of Robert and Ann Hendy and FredericaHaversaat Daughter of George Frederic and Rebecca Gittens Haversaat……I appoint my sister Mary Gittens Executrix and my nephew Robert HendyExecutor. 15 February 1824. Witnesses: George Bishop, Francis ThomasNutt. Given at Government House, 14 May 1834. Lionel Smith |
