West India merchant (Colonial - Caribbean)
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Apparent partnership between James Gibson of Kingston and John Hatton of Montego Bay. Both men in turn were connected to Liverpool and to Sir Joseph Birch (q.v.).
Cornwall Chronicle, 02/01/1789, via http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/c/CornwallC_01.htm [accessed 07/12/2019].
1761 - ????
"Free quadroon woman" and mother of eleven children; independently wealthy, perhaps through legacies left her by her partners James Tierney (died 1784) and Ebenezer Robertson (died 1825).
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.
