John Gordon

Profile & Legacies Summary

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Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Executor and trustee of Thomas Renny Strachan (q.v.), of Great Britain, but otherwise unidentified.

Sources

T71/988 St David claim nos. 104 (Swamps) and 122 (Norris).

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Absentee?

British/Irish

Associated Claims (2)

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People of Interest

Eliza Down Williams (née Griffith)

28^th Mar 1802 - 6^th May 1874

Daughter of a wealthy planter and wife of the rector of St Elizabeth, Jamaica. Bigamous convicted forger.

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Documents of Interest

Windsor and Williamsfield Inventory of Slaves 1814 p8

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:
'John Gordon', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/16943 [accessed 26th November 2024].

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