West India merchant (Colonial - Caribbean)
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Co-partnership between John Higgin, Henry Crawford and George Whiteley, under the firm of Higgin and Crawford and Higgin, Crawford and Co., dissolved, continued by John Higgin and George Whiteley under firm of Higgin, Whiteley and Co.
Partnership of John Mackarness and John Higgin as West India merchants at 6 Crosby Square dissolved in 1842. [This John Higgin was probably the son of Isaac Higgin].
London Gazette 16142 3/5/1808 p. 632
London Gazette 20090 12/04/1842 p. 1028.
1774 - 1832
Head driver on Great Valley estate in Hanover, Jamaica. Executed by hanging following Sam Sharpe's War.
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.
