John Henry Roper

Commercial Legacy Details

Partnership Role

Trecothick & Roper
Name partner

West India merchant

No notes

Firm Notes

Partnership of Francis Thwaites and Charles Apthorp Wheelwright which had operated since 30/4/1806 dissolved 1/7/1811, carried on by Francis Thwaites alone. Wheelwright was bankrupt the same month.

Partnership between Francis Thwaites, James Trecothick the younger and John Henry Roper as West India merchants under the firm of Thwaites, Trecothick and Company dissolved 30/4/1831 so far as respects the said Francis Thwaites: continued by James Trecothick jun and John Henry Roper

Firm Sources

London Gazette 16500 29/6/1811 p. 1208; 16504 13/7/1811 p. 1307.

London Gazette 18801 6/5/1831 p. 879.

Further Information

People of Interest

James Evan Baillie

1781 - 14^th Jun 1863

Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family. London and Bristol merchant and banker (Baillie, Ames & Baillie), major recipient of slave compensation across the Caribbean.

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Documents of Interest

Windsor and Williamsfield Inventory of Slaves 1814 p8

Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.

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