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Mashod Shannon

Profile & Legacies Summary

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Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Owner of Rachel's Farm or Belmont estate in St Andrew, Jamaica, from at least 1817 to 1839.

  1. According to the Jamaica Gleaner, Marshod Shannon, merchant of Kingston was the brother of Thomas Shannon, an Irishman involved in the publication of the Jamaica Despatch, Chronicle and Gazette which merged with the Kingston Chronicle around 1839-1840.

Sources

  1. Daily Gleaner 19/10/1901.

Listed in Eli Faber, Jews, slaves and the slave trade (1998) p. 241 as Jewish but not otherwise identified.

We are grateful to Michael Turnbull and Rosemary Dodd for their assistance with compiling this entry.

Further Information

Religion
Jewish

Associated Claims (2)

Jamaica St Andrew 304
£113 8s 1d
Awardee
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Jamaica St Andrew 478
£229 17s 8d
Awardee
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Associated Estates (2)

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:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1817 [EA] - → Attorney
Crawle [ Jamaica | St John ]
1817 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Owner
Rachel's Farm / Belmont [ Jamaica | St Andrew ]

Relationships (1)

Mashod Shannon
Husband → Wife
Rachel Shannon
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