Appeals to the Privy Council |
Report No. JAM_1769_07 |
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Jamaica |
Case Name Long |
Esther Swete, Francis Baxter, Charles Gardiner, and Robert Richards v Thomas and Helen Beach, and Janet Sadler |
Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series |
APC Citation | v.5 [132] p.217 (29 Nov. 1769 – 19 July 1771) |
PC Register Citation | George III v.7 (May 1769 – Dec. 1770) p.155–156, 259–260: PC 2/114/155–156, 259–260 |
PC Register Citation | George III v.8 (Jan. 1771 – Dec. 1771) p.304–314, 340–341: PC 2/115/304–314, 340–341 |
Colonial Courts |
Chancellor – 18 Feb. 1769 |
Participants |
Baxter, Francis, appellant (executor of Mary Hynes [2]) |
Beach (née Hynes), Helen, respondent (wife of Thomas, daughter of Janet Hynes) |
Beach, Thomas, respondent (husband of Helen) |
Beckford, Anne |
Beckford, William (mortgagee of Mary Hynes [2]) |
Bennett, Bridget |
Bennett, George |
Brayne, Charles (father of Mary [now Mary Hynes [1]]) |
Brayne, Mary – see Hynes, Mary (1) |
Dawkins, Henry |
Elletson (née Hynes), Elizabeth, deceased (daughter of Janet Hynes) |
Gardiner, Charles, appellant (executor of Mary Hynes [2]) |
Guthrie, Elizabeth |
Guthrie, Helen |
Guthrie, James (father of Janet [now Janet Hynes]) |
Guthrie, Janet – see Sadler, Janet |
Guthrie, John |
Guthrie, Mary |
Hall, Mary (wife of William) |
Hall, William (husband of Mary) |
Hayman, William |
Hynes, Elizabeth, deceased – see Elletson, Elizabeth |
Hynes, Helen – see Beach, Helen |
Hynes, Janet – see Sadler, Janet |
Hynes, John, deceased (husband of Janet, former husband of Mary [1], father of Mary [2]) |
Hynes (née Brayne), Mary (1), presumed deceased (wife of John, daughter of Charles Brayne) |
Hynes, Mary (2), deceased (daughter of John, mortgagor of Peter Beckford, residuary devisor and legator of Esther Swete) |
Pratter, Edward |
Richards, Robert, of Kingston, appellant (administrator of Mary Hynes [2]) |
Sadler (née Guthrie, formerly Hynes), Janet, respondent (widow of John Hynes, daughter of James Guthrie, mother of Elizabeth Elletson and Helen Beach) |
Swete, Esther, widow, appellant (residuary devisee and legatee of Mary Hynes [2]) |
Trelawny, Sir William, governor (cousin of Edward) |
Turner, [Samuel], alderman of London |
West, John |
Description |
Land/inheritance. |
Disposition |
Order reversed with costs. |
Notes |
See the Introduction on Montpelier Estate in the Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery for reference to Janet Sadler. |
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DOCUMENTATION |
Printed Cases |
Not found |
Privy Council Documents in PC 1 at The National Archives at Kew |
TNA Document | Committee report – 9 July 1771 (PC 1/60/10) | view_Document |
Catalogued as | Jamaica, West Indies: Report of committee on appeal Swete v Beach |
Notes about Document |
Catalogued by The National Archives at Kew |
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