1809 - ????
Melmoth Turton Hall was baptised 13/11/1809 in St Andrew, Jamaica, the tenth of twelve children born to William Dennis Hall (1762-) and his wife Harriet nee Turton (1770-). He was a magistrate in Kingston in 1857.
William Dennis Hall was the son of William Hall (1731-1794), a sugar refiner and merchant, and his first wife Elizabeth nee Montgomery. He was also a great-grandson of William Melmoth the Elder (1665-1743) through his daughter Sophia Melmoth and Joseph Hall (who married 01/11/1729 in Fleet Street, London).
Familysearch.org, Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 [database online]. Ancestry.com, London, England, Clandestine Marriage and Baptism Registers, 1667-1754 [database online]. Jamaica Almanac (1857).
For relationships, see PROB 11/725 Will of William Melmoth (1743); PROB 11/1102 Will of Thomas Melmoth (1783); PROB 11/1598 Will of Melmoth Charles widow (1817).
We are grateful to Dawn Good for her assistance with compiling this entry.
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1781 - 1830
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family who had numerous mercantile connections in the West Indies. The compensation for Baillie's Bacolet in Grenada was awarded to the trustees of her marriage settlement. Grand-daughter of Colin Roy Campbell of Glenmure. Apparently a victim of the quack doctor John St John Lang of Harley Street in 1830.
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:
'Melmoth Turton Hall', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/19518 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
