P_10433_2109 – William Gerrish
William Gerrish, fl. 1723-1738, shown as sole owner of 13 slaving voyages from London, co-owner of three more (two with Edward Chester q.v. and one with the captain Arthur Lone q.v.), and owner of a further three for which no port of origin is currently known. Ten of the voyages were destined for Antigua. No PCC will has been found. Vere Langford Oliver shows him as one man but there are grounds for believing two men of the same name were active at the same time. (1) V.L. Oliver shows William Gerrish as Collector of Montserrat and Member of the Council there 1704-5, and as still (or again) in Montserrat in 1738 (and Nathaniel Webb (q.v.) as the son-in-law of Wm Gerrish of Montserrat), while (2) Wm Gerrish jun. of Mark Lane attested the copying of the will of Henry Osborn in Antigua in Aug 1734 and then in London Oct. 1734. Luke Porter of London was shown as the administrator of the will of William Gorrish [sic] in 1745 appointing John Banister as attorney in Antigua 17/08/1741, and an inventory of his will in London was recorded in 1741.
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First name: William
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Last name: Gerrish
Aliases: Gerish, Gerrish, Gerrish, William
Primary cohort: London
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Sources: Vere Langford Oliver, More Monumental Inscriptions p. 179, is explicit that the Member of the Council for Montserrat was the same man as the merchant dying in London in 1741. Vere Langford Oliver, History of Antigua Vol. III p. 214, 216, 217 and 408. Weale v Kirby (1745) C 11/1082/36. PROB 31/214/508 Description: Exhibit: 1741/508. William Gerrish esq widower of All Hallows Staining, London, merchant. Probate inventory, or declaration, of the estate of the same, deceased. Date: 1741 July
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Crossings (19)
76881 - Black Prince (1736 - 1736)
Role: Owner
25968 - Black Prince (1737 - 1737)
Role: Owner
27904 - Tryall
Role: Owner
75635 - Hester and Jane (1724 - 1724)
Role: Owner
76952 - Speaker (a) Speke Gally (1737 - 1738)
Role: Owner
76951 - Speaker (1735 - 1736)
Role: Owner
76701 - Speaker (1733 - 1734)
Role: Owner
76699 - Sea Nymph (1730 - 1731)
Role: Owner
76664 - Flying Horse (1725 - 1726)
Role: Owner
76663 - London Spy (1726 - 1726)
Role: Owner
76661 - Negroes Nest
Role: Owner
76656 - Sea Nymph (1725 - 1725)
Role: Owner
76653 - Hester and Jane
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76652 - Gaboone (1724 - 1725)
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76651 - Negroes Nest (1724 - 1725)
Role: Owner
76648 - Gaboone
Role: Owner
76647 - Negroes Nest (1723 - 1724)
Role: Owner
76638 - Guinea Hen (1726 - 1726)
Role: Owner
75171 - Black Prince (1738 - 1739)
Role: Owner
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Was slave trading profitable: Don't know
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