Harrow Chamberlaines (Q492552)
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LBS-PLA-EST-01449
- LBS-PLA-EST-01449
- LBS-PLA-EST-e752
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Harrow Chamberlaines
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LBS-PLA-EST-01449
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Statements
Harrow [Chamberlaine's]
In 1655 a sale of 2 parcels of land in St. Philip to Major Edward Chamberlaine. In 1674, Sir John Sir John Witham married the widow of Col. Edward Chamberlaine and was therefore in possession as life tenant, but not owner. Edward Chamberlaine's heirs were his son Sir Willoughby Chamberlaine and his two daughters, Butler Chamberlaine and Tankerville Chamberlaine. 1721-22, Manuel Manasses Gilligan (
'smuggler, secret agent for the British and diplomat who played a part in the negotiations leading to the Treaty of Utrecht), the husband of Butler Chamberlaine: a Chancery Court judgement against Robert Allen and his wife Butler Allen, née Hewitson of £7321 was decided in favour of Manuel Manasses Gilligan and his wife. In 1723 a series of deeds resulted in the physical division in 2 equal parts
including physical division of the buildings and sugar works of the Chamberlaine's plantation, between Manuel Manasses Gilligan and Robert Allen. Gilligan got the eastern half, Allen the western portion. Then in 1728 Manuel Manasses Gilligan bequeathed all real estate to his kinsman Andrew Murray.