Thomas Henery Dummett

The Registers record Thomas Henery Dummett as the owner of ten enslaved people in Barbados in 1817 and 1820 (James, Mimbah, Mary, Rachael, Charlotte Jane, Kitty, Ned, Sam, Philly Ann, and Henry), and one in 1829 (James).

According to the local Demerary newspaper, Thomas Henery Dummett was sent to Demerary in 1805 upon his appointment to a Board of Commissioners "investigating accounts of army expenditure" in the West Indies.

We are grateful to Lani Friend for her assistance in compiling this entry.

Ancestry UK [resource online]: Former British Colonial Dependencies, Slave Registers, 1813-1834.

Essequebo and Demerary Gazette, 9 February 1805, and Essequebo and Demerary Royal Gazette, 22 October 1811.

See also Finance Accounts of Great Britain and Ireland: Also, Accounts of Increase and Diminution Of Salaries, &c. in Public Offices vol. IX, 1810-1811. British Imperial Calendar and Civil Service List, 1811.