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Resident in Jamaica at the time of compensation, dying in Britain.
MARRIAGES. [1821] At Halfway-Tree Church, Jamaica, Wm. Brooks King, Esq., to Christian, youngest daughter of the late Rev. John Campbell, Rector of St. Andrew's.
Administration of the will of William Brooks King late of the Hennons, West Teignmouth Devon who died 11/08/1864 granted to James Pearce King of Monmouth the nephew 06/09/1864, effects under £1500. In 1851 and 1861 he had been living at the Hennons or Hennon, West Teignmouth, respectively aged 64 born Jamaica 'late one of Her Majesty's justices of assizes in the island of Jamaica' and aged 74 born Jamaica 'Landed proprietor and colonial fundholder', with his wife Christian respectively aged 59 and 69, also born Jamaica.
Saunders's News-Letter 07/12/1821.
National Probate Calendar 1864; 1861 census online.
We are grateful to Peter Selley for his assistance with compiling this entry.
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Absentee?
Transatlantic
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Spouse
Christian Campbell
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£214 6s 9d
Awardee
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£894 6s 5d
Awardee (Executor or executrix)
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£948 14s 4d
Awardee (Trustee)
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£965 3s 10d
Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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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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1826 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Trustee
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1834 [EA] - → Executor
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1826 [EA] - → Agent
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1820 [EA] - → Attorney
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1829 [EA] - → Attorney
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1826 [EA] - → Executor
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1829 [EA] - → Attorney
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1826 [EA] - → Attorney
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1829 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Owner
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Executor → Testator
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Brothers
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The Hennons, West Teignmouth, Teignmouth, Devon, Devon & Cornwall, England
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1761 - ????
"Free quadroon woman" and mother of eleven children; independently wealthy, perhaps through legacies left her by her partners James Tierney (died 1784) and Ebenezer Robertson (died 1825).
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:
'William Brooks King', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/16589 [accessed 23rd December 2024].
