1761 - 27th Feb 1845
Son of Moses Cohen (1734-1831), born 1761 Jamaica, died 27/02/1845, married Zepporah Isaacs (1769-05/01/1848) abt 06/1790 London; child, David Hyman Cohen born c. 1805 died 28/04/1877.
T71/870 St Elizabeth claim nos. 83 (Fairfield), 108 and 109 (Berlin); T71/869 St George claim no. 279 (Come See Plantation); T71/860 Manchester claim nos. 84 (Isle), 106 (Albion) and 229 (Mons); T71/861 Kingston claim nos. 400 and 441; http://www.stclaireresearch.com/alex/jamaica.html citing 'Richard Lyman a descendant of Hyman below from Jewish records' [accessed 06/11/2010].
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Spouse
Zepporah Isaacs
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Children
David Hyman
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£30 5s 5d
Awardee
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£6,786 14s 7d
Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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£2,329 8s 9d
Awardee (Mortgagee-in-possession)
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£135 16s 0d
Awardee
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£1,201 0s 11d
Awardee
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£79 16s 8d
Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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£8,064 7s 10d
Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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£856 19s 6d
Awardee
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£1,003 9s 0d
Awardee
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The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:
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1831 [EA] - 1835 [LA] → Owner
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1826 [SY] - 1828 [EY] → Joint owner
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1829 [EA] - → Joint owner
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1832 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Owner
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1826 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Joint owner
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1826 [EA] - → Mortgagee-in-Possession
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1829 [EA] - → Joint owner
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1829 [EA] - → Joint owner
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1826 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Joint owner
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1829 [EA] - → Other
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1794 [EA] - 1796 [LA] → Not known
'Account given' by Rev. Thomas Warren and Hymen Cohen, with no capacity shown. Possibly trustees or executors |
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1826 [EA] - → Not known
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1820 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Joint owner
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1832 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Joint owner
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1829 [EA] - → Joint owner
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1823 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Mortgagee-in-Possession
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1823 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Trustee
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1826 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Joint owner
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1826 [EA] - → Buyer
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1826 [EA] - → Other
Purchaser of this group of enslaved people. |
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1832 [EA] - → Lessee
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Commercial (1) |
Name partner
H & J Cohen
West India merchant |
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Father-in-law → Son-in-law
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Business associates
Notes →
Brothers as well as partners. The two men appear to have divided the property of their mercantile partnership between them c....
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Father → Son
Notes →
Inferred by LBS. Hymen Cohen had two sons named David and Henry Hymen Cohen...
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Father → Son
Notes →
Inferred by LBS. Hymen Cohen had two sons named Henry Hymen and...
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Brothers
Notes →
Business partners as well as brothers. The two men appear to have divided the property of their mercantile partnership between them c....
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38 Mansell Street, London, Middlesex, London, England
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???? - 29th Aug 1873
Free person of colour, slave-owner in Jamaica. Long-term partner and later wife of Thomas Legal Yates. Living in Britain from the mid-1830s until her death in 1873.
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.
© Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2024
CITING THIS RECORD:
'Hymen Cohen', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/11868 [accessed 21st November 2024].
