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James Embree Glean

Profile & Legacies Summary

1775 - 1839

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Brother-in-law of John McComb jr., architect of City Hall in New York (who married Glean's sister Elizabeth in 1792).

Sources

[accessed 08/03/2016]; John Foreman and John Kinnear, The Scots who built New York's Landmarks, [accessed 08/03/2016], [accessed 15/11/2016].

We are grateful to Harold Ashley Steele for his assistance with compiling this entry.

Associated Claims (1)

Associated Estates (1)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

SD - Association Start Date
SY - Association Start Year
EA - Earliest Known Association
ED - Association End Date
EY - Association End Year
LA - Latest Known Association

1820 [EA] - 1838 [EY] → Owner

Mount Granby [ Grenada | St John ]

Further Information

People of Interest

Malvina Wells

1805 - 22^nd Apr 1887

Born into slavery in Carriacou, Grenada, Malvina Wells became a lady's maid in Edinburgh and a trusted family friend to her employers.

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Documents of Interest

Windsor and Williamsfield Inventory of Slaves 1814 p8

Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.

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CITING THIS RECORD:
'James Embree Glean', Legacies of British Slavery database, [accessed 19th September 2024].