26th Oct 1776 - 1821
Thomas Witter Jackson (senior) was born in London, 26/10/1776; baptised 18/11/1776 in St Andrew, Holborn, son of John Jackson and his wife Elizabeth Eleanor (nee Witter).
He had eight children with Elizabeth Martha Coakley (q.v.), all baptised in Kingston between 1804 and 1818: Marianne Jackson (1804-), Thomas Witter Jackson (1807-), Mary Ann Jackson (1807-), Elizabeth Eleanor Jackson (1813-), Jane Innes Jackson (1814-), Edward Bullock Jackson (1815-), Charles Hamilton Jackson (1817-1878), Ann Lynch Jackson (1818-).
Attorney General 1806, 1810 and 1818, Chief Justice 1818 until his death in 1821
Honble. Thomas Witter Jackson, 'Chief Justice of this island', died 13/10/1821 and was buried in Kingston, 22/08/1821.
Ancestry.com, London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 [database online].
Familysearch.org, Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 [database online].
W. A. Feurtado, Governors and chief office-holders in Jamaica' transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/b/bfeurtado09.htm.
Familysearch.org, Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 [database online]; Ancestry.com, U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930 [database online].
We are grateful to David Barker for his assistance with compiling this entry.
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New Ormond Street, London, Middlesex, London, England
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1787 - 1861
Enslaved boy on Unity Valley Pen, Jamaica. Manumitted in 1795 by David Barclay and removed to Philadelphia, with 29 other freed persons from the estate, where he was placed under the care of Society for Improving the Condition of Free Blacks.
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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CITING THIS RECORD:
'Thomas Witter Jackson senior', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/12647 [accessed 16th April 2024].
