P_3073 – Fulcrand Mourgue
London merchant and pewterer, inferred to have been the owner of a slave-voyage between Cape Coast Castle and St Vincent in 1785 captained by Henry Mourgue, his brother. Fulcrand Mourgue was bankrupt in 1784 but clearly recovered. In his will proved in 1813, he left £5000 consols in trust for his sister Mary Blucke widow of Putney and a further £2200 consols in trust for his godson Henry Perry at 32 Budge Row. He left the lease, equipment and raw materials of his business to the foreman of his manufactories at No. 9 Union Buildings, Leather Lane, Holborn. His residuary heir was his niece Laetitia Maria Constable, wife of John Charles Constable and daughter of his brother Henry Mourgue.
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First name: Fulcrand
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Last name: Mourgue
Aliases: Mourgue, Fuler, Mourgue
Primary cohort: London
Sex: Male
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Social background: Trade
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Bankruptcies
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Bankruptcy of Benjamin Bewicke, Calverley Bewicke and Foulcrand Mourgue of Mincing Lane, London Gazette 31 January 1784Issue:12515Page:7
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Supplier to slave trade voyages: Don't know
Creditor to slave trade voyages: Don't know
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Sources: Voyage 83003 in 1785 is shown in TASTDB as that of the Pallas without a British port of origin from Cape Coast to St Vincent, owners 'Fuler, Mourgue' and captain Mourge, Henry. Voyage 83004 shows the voyage in 1786 from Dominica to Cape Coast Castle of the Pallas, Captain Higgin. We have tentatively concluded that 'Fuler, Mourgue was the London merchant and pewterer Fulcrand Mourgue whose brother Henry Mourgue reportedly owned land in Dominica c. 1773 [John Byres, 'Plan of the Island of Dominica, as surveyed from the year 1765 to 1773' p. 7 shows 'Mourgue' to be the owner of Lot 3 (266 acres) in the Parish of St George] and again reportedly died at Principe off Cameroon in 1788 [https://gw.geneanet.org/saorsel?lang=fr&pz=sabine&nz=orsel&ocz=0&p=henry&n=mourgue]; The will of Fulcrand Mourgue identified his brother as Henry Mourgue and his niece's husband as John Charles Constable, who is known to have lived for a period in Dominica [https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/8786]. The ship Pallas has not been found in the Lloyd's Register under Mourgue, but a ship of this name appears in the 1784 Loyd's Register under J. Cheshire, the owner-captain [given as Cheshyre J] in an earlier slave voyage from Liverpool in 1783.
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Crossings (1)
83003 - Pallas (1785 - 1785)
Role: Owner
Birth
Date: 1743
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Death
Date: 1812
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Burial
Date: 21/12/1812
Location: Putney (Surrey)
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Was slave trading profitable: Don't know
Will
Value of Total Personalty: /
Value of Known Legacies (where material to total estate): £7,200
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Town/City: City of London (Middlesex)
Courts: PCC
He left £5000 consols in trust for his sister Mary Blacke [sp?] widow of Putney and a further £2200 consols in trust for his godson Henry Perry at 32 Budge Row. He left the lease, equipment and raw materials of his business to the foreman of his manufactories at No. 9 Union Buildings, Leather Lane, Holborn. His residuary heir was his niece Laetitia Maria Constable, wife of John Charles Constable and daughter of his brother Henry Mourgue.
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