[3] After being exposed to John Wesley's teachings in England by his brother, Nathaniel Gilbert, Speaker of the Antiguan House of Assembly, played a significant role in introducing Methodism to Antigua and the West Indies in 1760.
Although there isn't a headstone to identify the burial, Nathaniel Gilbert is thought to be interred at Vernons Cemetery in St. Peter's Parish.
[4] Deed relieving Mrs. Gilbert's estate on the island of Antigua from any interest that has accrued in the past on a specific inheritance or the £1,000 that has been charged thereon.
Comfort Hall, Gilbert's, Long Lane, Lavington, Lyon's, Willis Freeman's, and Burke's/LaRoche/Table Hill were among their properties, which were mostly located in the productive southeast.
John was a prominent figure in the plantocracy and spent twenty years on the Legislative Council in addition to serving on a number of governmental boards.
The MCCA, the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)/Canada Training Awards Programme (CTAP), and the Government of Antigua-Barbuda worked together to create the GARDC Center as a two-year trial project in 1989.
[4] On February 21, 1711, Nathaniel Crump reported that a group of French privateers had landed at his property on October last and taken fifteen slaves.
[5] The scheme to assassinate Nathaniel Crump and all the other white people on the island was hatched in 1729 by a gang of slaves under his ownership at Coconut Hall Plantation in St. Peter.
[5] When the mate of the sloop "Catherine," which later belonged to Boston merchant Peter Papillon, murdered his skipper, the deed was discovered at St. John's where he went in for provisions, prompting George Crump and Samuel Redhead, who have a large sloop of 10 guns now fitting for the coast of Guinea, to offer to take back six free negroes.
[5] An MI or ledger bearing the following inscription can be found in the private cemetery of Coconut Hall: "Sacrect to the Memory of/Mrs.
[5] Two tiny grave markers are known to have existed:[5] Joseph Edwards and Margaret Adelaide Coates got married on an unknown date.
[5] "Regarding your findings regarding the number of overseers that appear to have been hired in the most recent quarter, I beg to clarify that this was mostly due to the Estate's unhealthy status.
Crook and Williams, two overseers, had passed away during that time, and the Manager was unwell and unable to handle the Estate's responsibilities.