1775 - 1845
Tentatively identifed as Dr (later Sir) Jacob Adolphus, the Inspector-General of Army Hospitals. If so, the daughter of whom he was guardian was likely to have been Emma.
Christening of Edwin and Emma Adolphus, children of Jacob and Esther Adolphus, St George Hanover Square 16/06/1817; death of Jacob Adolphus registered Q1 1845 Cheltenham; will of Sir Jacob Adolphus proved 30/01/1845.
Letter from the Compensation Commission to Dr Adolphus at 68 Haymarket, London, regarding St James claim no. 808.
Ancestry.com, London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906 [database online]; FreeUKGen, England and Wales Free BMD Database, Deaths, 1837-1983 [database online]; PROB 11/2010.
T71/1593 p. 363.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Spouse
Esther
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Children
Edwin, Emma
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£19 10s 10d
Awardee
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£149 4s 9d
Awardee
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Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, South-west England, England
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1787 - 1835
Daughter of "free Mulatto" lodging-house-keeper Jane Charlotte Beckford (c. 1759-1825); possibly the daughter of George Ffrench, Clerk to the Jamaica Assembly. Spinster; independently wealthy slave-owner.
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:
'Jacob Adolphus', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/20952 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
