Grenada Coffee Plantation 1771

Click on the image above to see the list of slaves included in the sale of two coffee plantations in Grenada in 1771 [Ref.C1521]

Conveyance for the sum of £21,600 from Louis Alexander Rochard esq. of St. Andrew, Grenada, esq., & his wife Rose to William Mackintosh of London, mariner, now in Grenada of the following:

• Coffee plantation called Richmond; hereofore belonging to Louis Roulleau, deceased, in parish of St. Andrew; containing 50 French quarres of land (the equivalent of 160 acres); bounded east by lands of Mackintosh, west of Theo. Roulleau, free mulatto, & of John Chute, gentleman; north by river La Baye & by lands of Mr. Papin & Mr. Deneaut; south by lands of D. de la Touche, gentleman, & of Chevalier de la Touche;
• Another coffee plantation called Digue, hereofore of widow Duval, deceased.; in same parish, containing 32 French quarres (104 acres); bounded east partly by Soulize plantation & partly other lands of Mr. Deneaut; west by other lands of Mr. Papin; north partly by lands late Mr. John His, partly lands of Mrs. de Glapion; south by river La Baye;
• Messuages (buildings) thereon;
• 74 negro slaves (Christian names of men, women & children given) and future progeny of the females;
• 9 horned cattle;

Witnesses: Anthony Tregent; Certified by Thomas Proudfoot, Assistant Justice of Common Pleas in Grenada.

12 Jul 1771

Why is this document at the Bedfordshire & Luton Archives?

This document is part of the Crawley family manuscripts - a collection of 2779 documents deposited here in 1933 & 1954. The main Crawley family estates were in Luton and Stopsley. Samuel Crawley purchased the above plantations from William Mackintosh in 1772, along with another plantation in Grenada called La Creek [see refs.C1521-C1540].