P_10433_0505 – Anthony Forty
Anthony Forty (d. 1720), London merchant and co-owner with six others of a slaving voyage from London by the Nicholson in 1700, and then co-owner in three slaving voyages of the Macklesfield or Macklesfield Gally between 1708 and 1711, each with a different partner, and all originating in London. He was a shareholder with some management role in the reorganised mines of Sir Carbery Pryse in Cardiganshire c. 1693.
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First name: Anthony
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Last name: Forty
Aliases: Forrty, Anthony
Primary cohort: London
Sex: Male
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Sources: ADM 106/434/362. 'Journal, May 1709: Journal Book N', in Journals of the Board of Trade and Plantations: Volume 2, February 1709 - March 1715, ed. E G Atkinson (London, 1925), pp. 23-40. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/jrnl-trade-plantations/vol2/pp23-40 [accessed 1 November 2022]. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo2/A59362.0001.001/1:1?rgn=div1;view=fulltext [accessed 01/11/2022]. PROB 11/578/431 Wills of Thomas Forty PROB 11/443/467 and Henry Forty PROB 11/498/480.
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Organisations (1)
The Corporation of the Governor and Company of the Mines Adventurers of England
Role: Initial subscriber
Crossings (4)
24056 - Macklesfield Gally (1711 - 1711)
Role: Owner
21217 - Nicholson (1699 - 1700)
Role: Owner
15190 - Macklesfield (1709 - 1710)
Role: Owner
9747 - Macklesfield (1707 - 1708)
Role: Owner
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Death
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Burial
Date: 24/02/1720
Location: City of London (Middlesex)
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Was slave trading profitable: Don't know
Will
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Value of Known Legacies (where material to total estate): £2,100
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Town/City: City of London (Middlesex)
Courts: PCC
Will of Anthony Forty merchant of St Gabriel City of London. Forty instructed that he be buried at St Gabriel Fenchurch Street if he died in the City of London. He left £2000 to his wife and £100 to his son, also named Anthony, in lieu of any entitlement under the custom of the City of London, he [the testator] having previously settled his real estate on his son 'which otherwise I would not have done.' He left two female servants Elizabeth Hill and Mary Hill £60 and £40 respectively. He made his wife Mary residual legatee and executrix. The will was attested by Richard Chauncy (q.v.), Thomas Mather and Richard Locker.
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