John Nesbitt I

Commercial Legacy Details

Partnership Role

Arnold and John Nesbitt, later Nesbitt, Stewart & Nesbitt
Name partner

West India and General Merchant (Colonial - Caribbean)

No notes

Firm Notes

Continuation of the business of Arnold Nesbitt, the uncle of John Nesbitt the elder, and failing in 1802. After the bankruptcy, John Nesbitt the younger re-established himself as a merchant.

Firm Sources

London Gazette 15544 25/12 1802 p. 1382; https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/nesbitt-john-1745-1817 is possibly mistaken in its assertion that John Nesbitt the elder also re-entered business after 1802.

Further Information

People of Interest

Phillip Thompson

1805 - ????

Enslaved man brought to England as a domestic servant; his former owner was indicted for the mistreatment of Thompson in 1824.

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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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