West India merchant (Colonial - Caribbean)
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Partnership of James Bourdieu (1715-1804) and Samuel Chollet, then latterly including Bourdieu's sons James Berney Bourdieu (1758-1843) and John Berney Bourdieu (d. 1825).
Rubinstein gives Samuel Chollet (1757-1838) 'merchant of Bury Court St Mary Axe' as 'apparently the firm Bourdieu, Chollet & Bourdieu which traded with France and North America' and husband of Philippa Chollet nee Russel of The Grove, Croydon, Surrey (1764/1779-28/4/1852) who left £120,00 in 1852.
Bertrand van Ruymbeke and Randy J. Sparks, Memory and identity: the Huguenots in France and the Atlantic diaspora, (2003) p. 236 [reference from Mary Mill, email to N. Draper 5/9/2010]
Rubinstein 1852/9 Chollet, Philipa (nee Russel). (Her name is spelled Chellet in PROB11)
28th Mar 1802 - 6th May 1874
Daughter of a wealthy planter and wife of the rector of St Elizabeth, Jamaica. Bigamous convicted forger.
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.
