11th Sep 1773 - ????
Rachel Gordon, daughter of Alexander Gordon and his wife Margaret, was born 11/09/1773 and baptised with her elder sister Margaret in St Anne, Jamaica, 15/10/1775. Her father had died by the time his youngest child John Syms Gordon was baptised in St Anne, 15/06/1784. Rachel married Alexander Hanslep (date unknown); he was buried in Trelawny, 09/01/1823. Rachel inherited enslaved people from her mother, who died in 1820; these enslaved people were registered to John Knox in the almanac of 1825 so she must have married Knox before the givings-in of the March Quarter 1824.
Familysearch.org, Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 [database online]; Jamaica Almanac (1825).
We are grateful to Mary Symons for her assistance with compiling this entry.
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Maiden Name
Gordon
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Spouse
[1] Alexander Hanslep [2] John Knox
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£731 7s 8d
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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1823 [EA] - → Owner
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1826 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Joint owner
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1832 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
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1823 [EA] - → Executrix
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Daughter → Mother
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Wife → Husband
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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.
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:
'Rachael Hanslep then Knox (née Gordon)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/14620 [accessed 23rd December 2024].
