Appeals to the Privy Council from the
Caribbean and Canadian Colonies
Report No. BAR_1726_02

Hamilton v Sutton

Barbados 

 

Case Name Long

David Hamilton v Edward Sutton, and John and Mary Jenkins

 
 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation  

v.3 [99] p.126 (31 May 1726 – 8 Feb. 1727)

 
  PC Register Citation

George I v.5 (Sept. 1724 – May 1727) p.230, 308, 315–316: PC 2/89/230, 308, 315–316

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Colonial Courts

 
 

Chancery – 13 Oct. 1725

 

Participants

Anderson, John (executor of Claudius Hamilton)

 

Gordon, Thomas (executor of Claudius Hamilton)

 

Hamilton, Anna, deceased (wife of Claudius, mother of Margaret)

 

Hamilton, Claudius, deceased (husband of Anna, father of Margaret)

 

Hamilton, Daniel (brother of Claudius)

 

Hamilton, David (1) (father of David [2], assignee of Claudius)

 

Hamilton, David (2), appellant (son of David [1])

 

Hamilton, Margaret, deceased (daughter of Anna and Claudius)

 

Jenkins, John, respondent (husband of Mary)

 

Jenkins, Mary, respondent (wife of John)

 

Sutton, Anna – see Hamilton, Anna

 

Sutton, Edmund, esquire, respondent (son of John)

 

Sutton, John, esquire, deceased (husband of Margaret, father of Anna [now Anna Hamilton] and Edmund)

 

Sutton, Margaret, deceased (widow of John, mother of Mary Jenkins)

 

Description

Concerning a legacy.

Disposition

Decree affirmed.

Notes

Participants not mentioned in the APC were added here for clarity. Information about these participants was obtained from related primary and other sources.


DOCUMENTATION

Printed Cases

Not found

 

Privy Council Documents in PC 1 at The National Archives at Kew

 
TNA Document Petition of D. Hamilton and Order of reference – 31 May 1726 (PC 1/48/22) view_Document
Notes about
Document
Referenced in APC v.6 [347] p.160–161.

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TNA Document Committee report – 2 Feb. 1727 (PC 1/48/23) view_Document
Notes about
Document
Referenced in APC v.6 [365] p.172.

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