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Hi Cheryl, Sorry for the delay replying. Thank you so much for the link to the will so interesting this mystery. Unfortunately I can not add anything. It took me 15 years or so to link my family tree to Mary Huggins Fairbairn wife of Thomas Fairbairn. My ancestor was her brother James Joseph Huggins who emigrated to Trinidad. I had a few dates for these Huggins in a handwritten tree which only followed male lines. I have patched together that Mary Huggins married Thomas Fairbairn but just picking up a few references to him in St. Vincent. My ancestor I understand was educated in UK - wondering if Thomas F. was also? Wonder too if Thomas F. was a solicitor of some kind? Or an estate manager of Fairhall (Gordon's estate)? I can not link him to owning an estate.
The fact that 2 of Judith Slater's grandkids were so named points to the likelihood that Thomas F. was their father. He married Mary Huggins in 1807 - which I guess that is neither here nor there as he may easily have had kids before and after, though Mary Huggins had none that I have found.  Sure would be interesting to find Thomas F.'s will in case he mentions his children. No idea when he died but after 1834 when he attested to slave numbers.
Hope for more leads, Susan

Hi has anyone bought a copy? I believe an ancestor of mine Lydia Margaret Steele (1770-1847) of Kyle, Queens County married a French Huguenot John D'Acre (abt 1762-1815) - his father was William D'Acre (possibly 1740-1815). John and Lydia had 7 children some who later changed their name to Deaker and lived in Dublin, Carlow, Kilkenny. John (by family lore started a silk weaving enterprise).
Would love to know if William or John D'Acre are in the register.
Cheers, Susan

Looking for information about Thomas Fairbairn (possibly Thomas James Alexander Brown Fairbairn) who married Mary Huggins 16 Sept 1807 in St. Vincent according to the register 1765-1820 page 132/260 https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP1013-1-4/.
Thomas seems to have been associated with Mr Gordon's estate Fairhall or Bentinck, in that in 1834 a Thomas Fairbairn attested to the report of 246 enslaved people on the property of James A. Gordon (possibly James Brebner Gordon). Fairhall was owned by James's Brebner Gordon's son James Gordon at the time of the slave register). Found this connection in documents of the Centre for study of the Legacies of British Slavery https://ucl.ac.uk/lbs/estate/view/3644
I believe Thomas Fairbairn's father was a Colonel Thomas Fairbairn who died 4 Nov 1808 and was buried at Fairhall- per page 235/260 of the St. Vincent Marriage, Baptism and Burial Registry 1765-1820.
Looking at Fairhall I found mention of Thomas Fairbairn as a 'grantee' of Mr.Gordon's estate, land in the Parish of St.George under Governor Bentinck. gregg784.com/2017/04/30/manuscript-collection/?print=pdf Document held in Bentinck Collection at Hamilton College New York)

Thomas's wife Mary Huggins was, I believe, the daughter of James Huggins (1752-1837) and sister of Joseph Stanley Huggins. Note one of Joseph's sons was Thomas Fairbairn Huggins presumably after his brother-in-law.
I also note James Huggins wife Mary (Evans) Huggins who died in 1811 left  slaves to her daughter Mary Fairbairn  https://eap.bl.uk/search?query=St.Vincent, Digitization of Wills, Deed Books and Powers of Attorney for St.Vincent 1785-1865. The Wills of 1806-1811 page 357/370.)

I am linking these pieces - hoping for others researching Fairbairn or Huggins have more information.

I note Mary Huggins also leaves slaves to 7 other children - 6 match my tree but she names Ann LaCroix - I have an Amy Huggins (1786-1861) in my tree and think she may be this Ann.

Hi All, Found a good source - a bit dog-eared but lots of the document are readable.
St. Vincent Marriage, Baptism and Burial Register 1765-1820 https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP1014-1-4