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Will of Richard Dickson, [dated 28th March 1820; probated 25th April, 1821]


Jamaica SS
I Richard Dickson being sound in mind and memory do make this my last will and Testament
I hereby Devise my funeral expences and lawful debts to be paid by my Executors hereinafter named and for the payment thereof charge and make liable all my Estate called Cousins Cove with the negroes Cattle and Stock thereon
I hereby set free from all Slavery and Servitude my negro man William Brown for his faithful services and I bequeath to him the sum of ten pounds to be paid annually out of Cousins Cove estate during his life
I hereby give and bequeath thirty six acres of Land known as Cole Bottom being part of Samuels Cove joining on Haughton Tower   Spring and Samuels Cove to Elizabeth Douglas and her two children James and Patrick To hold to them their heirs and assigns for ever and I hereby give and bequeath to each of them the said Elizabeth Douglas and her two children the sum of three hundred pounds the said sums to be paid to the said Elizabeth Douglas twelve months after my decease and to be paid to the said James and Patrick when of age the interest to be payable annually to them for their support and the said respective sums to be paid from my wharf and the negroes attached to it as hereinafter mentioned
I also devise that a house be put up to the value of three hundred pounds at the expence of Cousins Cove estate on said Land in such place as the said Elizabeth Douglas may point out as soon after my death as possible
I hereby give and bequeath to Fanny Fraser and her daughter Mary Dickson the house I built for them at Lances Bay with ten acres of Land adjoining thereto to them and their heirs for ever and I desire that the sum of five hundred pounds to be paid to each of my daughters Sarah Grant and Mary Dickson two years after my decease and thirty pounds annually for her lifetime to my late housekeeper Fanny Fraser to which sums I make subject my Wharf at Davis's Cove and negroes attached thereto
I give and devise to my daughters Judy and Annie and son William[*] the children of Nelly Murray my house in Lucea with the furniture thereto share and share alike to them their heirs and assigns for ever
and I further bequeath to William my two negro men named James and Benjamin also William Murray
to my daughter Judy a Sambo woman named Nancy and her daughter Sally and a negro woman named Jannet
and to my daughter Annie a negro woman named Polly and her daughter Mary together with their future issue and increase to hold to them and their heirs and assigns for ever
I hereby give devise and bequeath all my wharf stores and other buildings at Davis's Cove with the land adjoining to it from the Spring line to the bridge leading to my house and in a line up the Gully joining the land put into canes and to join Samuels Cove agreeable to the old line of Dry Hill with all my negroes which I have been accustomed to give in for separately from Cousins Cove and not herein otherwise disposed of male and female with their future issue offspring and increase to my three sons named John Richard and William[*] to hold to them their heirs and assigns for ever share and share alike but subject to the Legacies hereinbefore mentioned and charged upon the said Wharf and negroes (the negroes and Land are subject to a mortgage granted by me to Alexander Stewart Esquire of London but on which he obliges himself by a defeasance on record to enter satisfaction on receiving a security on Samuels Cove which I desire my executors hereinafter mentioned to fulfil)
my house at Dry Hill with the land adjoining from the bridge in to the Gully and joining the Wharf Land with the household furniture also all the land and buildings on Samuels Cove and Crooks Cove estates with the negroes male and female and their future issue and Increase with all the stock utensils and implements thereto also my wharf at Lucea I give and devise unto my relative [cousin] William Augustus Dickson (1) to hold to him and his heirs and assigns for ever excepting the lands bequeathed to Fanny Fraser and her daughter Mary and the land bequeathed to Elizabeth Douglas and her two children James and Patrick subject to the payment of my debts as already set forth and subject to the payment of one hundred pounds which I hereby bequeath to my friend David Grant
the rest and remainder of my estate real personal or mixed of whatever description I give to my above named relative William Augustus Dickson to hold to him his heirs and assigns for ever and I hereby nominate and appoint the said William Augustus Dickson and my sons John Dickson Richard Dickson and William Dickson executors of this my last will and Testament In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty eighth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty
(signed) Richard Dickson
Signed sealed and delivered by the testator in the presence of us who at his request and in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto set our names as witness to the above written will
(signed) W MacKintosh,    Thos Miller Junr ,   Geo Holbrook


Jamaica SS
In obedience to the dedimus potestatem herein annexed I have administered an oath unto George Holbrook who being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelists deposeth and saith that he was present and did sees Richard Dickson the Testator in the annexed instrument of writing named being at that time of sound and discerning mind memory and understanding sign seal publish and declare the same as and for his last will and Testament and at the same time William McIntosh and Thomas Miller Junr were also present and together with him subscribed their names as Witness to the same in the presence of the said Testator and further that he knows nothing of any will since made by the said Testator that can tend to the disadvantage of the will hereunto annexed
Given under my hand and Seal this 25th day of April  Annoque Domini 1821
(signed) Alexr Campbell, [magistrate]

Jamaica Island Record Office:   Will of Richard Dickson, Recorded at Liber Old Series 100 Folio 14


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PERSONS IN THE HANOVER 1823 CENSUS NAMED IN RICHARD DICKSON'S WILL:

Dickson, William Augustus, aged 36, white, residence Davis Cove

The following were all resident at Davis Cove Wharf:

Fraser, Fanny, aged 55, mulatto
Dickson, John, aged 40, quadroon
Dickson, Richard, aged 30, quadroon
Dickson, William F., 25, quadroon
Dickson, Mary, 36, quadroon
Douglas, Elizabeth, 30, mustee
Dickson, James, 9, mustifina
Dickson, Judith, 23, quadroon
Dickson, Ann, 22, quadroon


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See Survey of Cousins Cove made three years after Richard Dickson's death, showing the land apportioned according to his will.




Will of William Augustus Dickson, [dated 1st July, 1839; probated 5th April, 1842]


Jamaica SS
I William A Dickson of the parish of Hanover Merchant being of sound mind memory and understanding do make this my last will and testament
After my just debts are paid I bequeath to Mrs Cochran the wife of Dr. Cochran the sum of one hundred pounds Sterling to be paid twelve months after my decease
I will and bequeath unto Joseph Besly Dickson and John Besly Dickson the house and Land belonging to me in the Town of Lucea near the Court house to them and their heirs for ever
I will and bequeath to Wilhelmina Ann Dickson the sum of one hundred pounds Sterling to be paid twelve months after my decease
My settlement in St James called "Bellevue" I leave to Mrs Palmer for her life after her death the said property to be sold and the money to be appropriated as hereinafter mentioned (1)
I am at present in Treaty for the purchase of a House in the Town of Lucea belonging to Dr Cochran in case I make such purchase it is my will and desire that the same may be sold as soon as possible after my death and the money to be appropriated as hereinafter mentioned
All the rest part of my property real and personal of whatever nature and kind so ever I give devise and bequeath to my beloved wife Ann Robina Dickson for her use during her life after her decease to be divided as follows
My wharf at Davis's Cove with the Land and Buildings thereon I give to my son William Brown Dickson together with my property in the town of Lasswade near Edinburgh to him and his heirs forever
My wharf with the Building thereon from the sea - Wm A. Dickson - to the street in the Town of Lucea to my son Rhodes James Dickson to him and his heirs forever
My wharves at Green Island with all the Land and Buildings thereon to my son Augustus Murray Dickson to him and his heirs forever
I give and devise and bequeath to my Daughter Mary Julia Dickson the sum of Two thousand pounds Sterling to be paid to her when she attains he age of Twenty or on the day of her marriage
Whatever money I may have at the time of my death it is my will and desire that the same may be placed in the British funds or any other good security the interest of which to be paid annually to my wife Ann Robina Dickson during her life as well as the Interest on the Legacy of Two thousand Sterling above mentioned until my said daughter reaches the age of Twenty at the death of my wife it is my will and desire that the said Money be equally divided amongst my children the Two thousand pounds Sterling left my daughter first deducted / William Brown Dickson   Rhodes James Dickson   Augustus Murray Dickson and Mary Julia Dickson
Lastly I nominate and appoint my friend Henry Brockett Esquire the executor and my wife Ann Robina Dickson the Executrix to this my last will and testament revoking and making void all other wills heretofore made authorizing and empowering them to sell my landed property in Jamaica should they think it adviseable taking care to secure the money received for the different wharves for the benefit of each individual as bequeathed in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 1st day of July 1839
(Signed)  Wm A Dickson

Signed sealed and delivered by the Testator
in our presence who in his presence
and in the presence of each other have signed
our names as witness to the same
 (Signed) George Robert Johnson,  John Dinham,  Isaac Bing


Jamaica SS
In obedience to the dedimus potestatem hereunto annexed I have administered an oath unto Isaac Bing who being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelists deposeth and saith that he was present and did see William A Dickson the Testator in the annexed instrument of writing named being at that time of sound and disposing mind memory and understanding sign seal publish and declare the same as and for his last will and Testament and at the same time George Robt Johnson and John Dinham were also present and together with him subscribed their names as witnesses to the same in the presence of the said Testator and further that he knows nothing of any will since made by the said Testator that can tend to the disadvantage of the will hereunto annexed
Given under my hand and seal this 5th day of April
Annoque Domini 1842
(Signed) Fredk H Thompson


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(1) William Augustus Dickson , referred to as the uncle of Annie Palmer in an article about the Rose Hall Legend was the husband of Ann Robina Brown, Annie Paterson's (wife of Palmer) aunt who was just 4 years older than her niece. The 1823 Hanover census shows William Dickson, Ann Robina (and Mrs. Mary Brown, her mother) living at Davis' Cove.
 
Links to other names:
 
Joseph Besly Dickson: William A. Dickson's natural son by [......Besly?]
John Besly Dickson: William A. Dickson's natural son by [......Besly?]
Wilhelmina Ann Dickson: William A. Dickson's natural daughter by .....?
William Brown Dickson: William Brown, Ann Robina Dickson's father
Rhodes James Dickson: William Rhodes James, proprietor of Haughton Tower Estate, bordering Cousins Cove to the east.
Augustus Murray Dickson: Alison Murray, name of William A. Dickson's mother
Mary Julia Dickson: Mary Brown, Ann Robina's mother
Julia[na] Brown, Ann Robina's sister
William Dickson: Also the name of William A. Dickson's father, brewer and distiller in Lasswade, Nr. Edinburgh, Scotland.


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