Rope-Makers (Other manufacturing)
Retired in 1821
Retirement of Butler Thompson Claxton from partnership with Philip John Miles, John Chubb, William Acraman and William Birch as rope-makers in Bristol under firm of Miles, Claxton & Co. 31/3/1821.
Partnership of P.J. Miles, Rich. Bright, Ph Protheroe, Wm Acraman and Wm Birch carryig on the trade of ropemakers in Bristol on 30th April last (signed 26/1/1824)
London Gazette 17767 24/11/1821 p. 2309
London Gazette 18000 10/2/1824 p. 235
1787 - 1835
Daughter of "free Mulatto" lodging-house-keeper Jane Charlotte Beckford (c. 1759-1825); possibly the daughter of George Ffrench, Clerk to the Jamaica Assembly. Spinster; independently wealthy slave-owner.
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.
