I came across an interesting chancery court case from 1826 in Dominica that names the children & grandchild of a slave woman. Knowing how rare it is to find this sort of source, I thought I'd post it here. The person bringing suit was a slave named Pauline Agathe, of the Souffriere Estate in the parish of St. Luke. Apparently, she was promised her freedom through a purchase, but her owner died before the transaction could be completed. She is suing the heirs. It relates, "That the said Pauline Agathe hath borne several children, who are now alive, and parties to this suit, viz. Jean Michel, and Elize, Delphine, Louise, Thassie, and Martonne. That the said Martonne hath since borne a daughter, named Rose, also party to this suit. If I read the suit correctly, the man intending to purchase Pauline's freedom was Pierrar, deceased, formerly manager of the estate. I'm not certain but I believe the owners of the estate were Abraham Chollet, the survivor of Samuel Chollet. This case is described on pages 285-6, "Parliamentary Papers, Volume 26, Papers and Correspondence Relating to New South Wales Magistrates; the West Indies: Liberated Africans; Colonial and Slave Population; Slaves; the Slave Trade; etc. Session 2 February to 31 May, 1826." A full view of this book is available in the US on Google Books. I do not know if you can view it elsewhere. Try to see at: http://books.google.com/books?id=ZygSAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA286&dq=Chollet&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&num=50&as_brr=1&ei=dTL7Ssz-KaiOyATRlOD1Dg#v =onepage&q=West%20Indies&f=false Cheers, Laura On Nov 11, 2009, at 2:07 PM, Reynold Chollet Bluewin wrote: > An ancestor in my family CHOLLET of swiss origin, Samuel CHOLLET > (born in 1748 in Moudon/Switzerland) lived in the Caribbean between > 1777 and 1814, mainly on islands in british possession. > He was Commissary General of His Majesty on Barbados in 1806/1807, > then later Custom Collector of His Majesty on Trinidad where he died > in 1814