3rd Sep 1800 - ????
Son of Thomas Weir Tayler senior (owner of Auchenbeddie estate) and Ann Pierce, "a free mulatto", born 03/09/1800 and baptised 02/04/1810 in St Elizabeth, Jamaica.
Registered two enslaved people as owner in 1817 (signed by mark). Registered enslaved people jointly with his sister Mary Mortimer Tayler in St Elizabeth in 1832.
Familysearch.org, Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 [database online].
Details from the parish records and slave registers are available at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/r/Reht.htm.
We are grateful to Misha Ewen for her assistance with compiling this entry.
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Name in compensation records
Thomas Weir Tayler
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Spouse
Married but no further details
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£98 17s 3d
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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1817 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Owner
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1832 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Joint owner
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Half-brothers
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Natural Son → Mother
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Half-brothers
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Half-brothers
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Half-brother → Half-sister
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Half-brother → Half-sister
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Half-brother → Half-sister
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Half-brothers
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Half-brother → Half-sister
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Half-brother → Half-sister
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Brothers
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Brother → Sister
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Brother → Sister
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Brother → Sister
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Natural Son → Father
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Brother-in-law → Sister-in-law
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???? - 29th Aug 1873
Free person of colour, slave-owner in Jamaica. Long-term partner and later wife of Thomas Legal Yates. Living in Britain from the mid-1830s until her death in 1873.
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:
'Thomas Weir Tayler junior', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/17694 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
