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=== Proved in Antigua  ===
=== Proved in Antigua  ===


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Richard Oliver of Antigua received a bequest in the will of Baldwin Johnson, of Appo. Hundred, New Castle county, Delaware, dated 1720, and proved 1721 in Delaware, see:  
Richard Oliver of Antigua received a bequest in the will of Baldwin Johnson, of Appo. Hundred, New Castle county, Delaware, dated 1720, and proved 1721 in Delaware, see:  


*The Historical Research Committee of the Colonial Dames of Delaware. ''A Calendar of Delaware Wills, New Castle County 1682-1800''. New York: Frederick H. Hitchcock, 1911. Digital version at [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/232801-a-calendar-of-delaware-wills-new-castle-county-1682-1800?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library]. [See; pp. 23-24.]
*The Historical Research Committee of the Colonial Dames of Delaware. ''A Calendar of Delaware Wills, New Castle County 1682-1800''. New York: Frederick H. Hitchcock, 1911. Digital version at {{FSbook|82664}}. [See pp. 23-24.]


=== Proved in Edinburgh  ===
=== Proved in Edinburgh  ===
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=== Proved in London  ===
=== Proved in London  ===


At least 275 residents of [[Antigua and Barbuda|Antigua]] sent their wills to [[London, England|London]] to be proved in the [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury|Prerogative Court of Canterbury]] (PCC).<ref>Place search for 'Antigua,' in Prerogative Court of Canterbury wills (1384-1858), Documents Online, The National Archives, 10 December 2010.</ref>  
At least 275 residents of [[Antigua and Barbuda|Antigua]] sent their wills to [[London, England|London]] to be proved in the [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury|Prerogative Court of Canterbury]]&nbsp;(PCC).<ref>Place search for 'Antigua,' in Prerogative Court of Canterbury wills (1384-1858), Documents Online, The National Archives, 10 December 2010.</ref>  


Oliver compiled a list:  
Oliver compiled a list:  
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Oliver also abstracted some wills and administrations proved in the PCC in Volume 3 of:  
Oliver also abstracted some wills and administrations proved in the PCC in Volume 3 of:  


*Oliver, Vere Langford. ''The History of the Island of Antigua: One of the Leeward Caribbees in the West Indies, from the First Settlement in 1635 to the Present Time''. 3 vols. London: Mitchell and Hughes, 1894-1899. {{FSC|99549|item}}; digital version at [https://www.archive.org/details/historyofislando03oliv Internet Archive] [See pp. 401-405, 458-460.]
*Oliver, Vere Langford. ''The History of the Island of Antigua: One of the Leeward Caribbees in the West Indies, from the First Settlement in 1635 to the Present Time''. 3 vols. London: Mitchell and Hughes, 1894-1899. {{FHL|99549|item}}; digital version at [http://www.archive.org/details/historyofislando03oliv Internet Archive] [See pp. 401-405, 458-460.]


=== References  ===
=== References  ===
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Proved in Antigua[edit | edit source]

Proved in Delaware[edit | edit source]

Richard Oliver of Antigua received a bequest in the will of Baldwin Johnson, of Appo. Hundred, New Castle county, Delaware, dated 1720, and proved 1721 in Delaware, see:

  • The Historical Research Committee of the Colonial Dames of Delaware. A Calendar of Delaware Wills, New Castle County 1682-1800. New York: Frederick H. Hitchcock, 1911. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library. [See pp. 23-24.]

Proved in Edinburgh[edit | edit source]

Proved in London[edit | edit source]

At least 275 residents of Antigua sent their wills to London to be proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury (PCC).[1]

Oliver compiled a list:

  • 'Antigua. List of Wills relating to this Island proved in the P.C.C. down to 1812,' Caribbeana, Vol. 3 (1914):180-184. Digitised by dLOC - free.

Oliver also abstracted some wills and administrations proved in the PCC in Volume 3 of:

  • Oliver, Vere Langford. The History of the Island of Antigua: One of the Leeward Caribbees in the West Indies, from the First Settlement in 1635 to the Present Time. 3 vols. London: Mitchell and Hughes, 1894-1899. FHL Collection; digital version at Internet Archive [See pp. 401-405, 458-460.]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Place search for 'Antigua,' in Prerogative Court of Canterbury wills (1384-1858), Documents Online, The National Archives, 10 December 2010.