P_10433_0828 – Benjamin Gascoyne
Benjamin Gascoyne (d. 1731), London corn merchant and tobacco importer, sole owner of a slaving voyage from London Africa and Antigua in 1707. His son Sir Crisp Gascoyne Lord Mayor of London has an entry in the ODNB.
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First name: Benjamin
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Last name: Gascoyne
Aliases: Gascoigne, Benjamin
Primary cohort: London
Sex: Male
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Relations
Anne Crisp
Spouse (married 01/01/1690)
Married at St James Duke Place.
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Supplier to slave trade voyages: Don't know
Creditor to slave trade voyages: Don't know
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Plantation owner: Don't know
Sources: PROB 11/646/101 Price, Jacob M., and Paul G. E. Clemens. "A Revolution of Scale in Overseas Trade: British Firms in the Chesapeake Trade, 1675-1775." The Journal of Economic History 47, no. 1 (1987): 1-43. Accessed March 24, 2021. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2121938.
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Crossings (1)
20819 - Industry (1707 - 1708)
Role: Owner
Birth
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Death
Date: 1731
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Burial
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Residencies
Chiswick, 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): £31,100
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Courts: PCC
Will of Benjamin Gascoyne of Chiswick made 07/06/1720. He left all his real and personal estate to his eldest son Joseph, subject to legacies as follows: £6000 to his daughter Ann 'including what shall be due from her husband John'; £6000 to his son Crisp; £6000 to his son Benjamin; £6000 to his daughter Susanna; £6000 to his son George; and £1100 to other relatives.
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