Truman, Neave, later Neave & Willett

Firm Details

People & Investments (4)

Partner

John Willett

Partner

James George Douglas

Name partner

Thomas Truman

Name partner

Sir Richard Neave 1st Bart.

Notes

Truman Neave & Co. of London appears as a correspondent of Ellis Yonge 1765-67 in papers held at the National Library of Wales.
Neave & Willett were mortgagees of Michael White I under indentures of 28/02/1777 and 01/03/1777 for land and named enslaved people to secure a debt to them of over £12,000.

Sources

Bodrhyddan Esate Papers, e.g. 58/14 https://archives.library.wales/index.php/letter-from-truman-neave-co-london-to-ellis-yonge-esq-2
Deed Book 1776-1777, British Library, EAP688/1/1/27, https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP688-1-1-27 p. 265 et seq.

Further Information

People of Interest

Ann Eliza French

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.

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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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