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Owner of Braziletto, Hillside and Chesterfield estates in Vere, Jamaica. Husband of Eliza Peters Washington Parker and father of Thomas John Parker junior (both q.v.). Will of Thomas John Parker of Portland Place proved 07/05/1823. Residuary legatee of his father Henry Parker of Vere (q.v., died 1787), after annuities of £600 p.a. to Henry's wife Isabella Parker, £200 p.a. to Henry's "kinsman" Robert Elrington and £50 to "a free mulatto boy" Louis Stanford. The will of Thomas John Parker describes him as late of Holles Street, Cavendish Square, Middlesex; formerly of Bath, Somerset; now of Portland Place, Middlesex.
See separate entries for his wife and son. PROB 11/1671. PROB 11/1159/230.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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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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1809 [EA] - 1821 [LA] → Not known
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1796 [SY] - 1823 [EY] → Owner
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1827 [SY] - 1832 [EY] → Previous owner
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1787 [SY] - 1823 [EY] → Owner
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1817 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Joint owner
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1825 [EA] - 1831 [LA] → Previous owner
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1794 [SY] - 1823 [EY] → Owner
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Father → Son
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Husband → Wife
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Brother-in-laws
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Father → Son
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Father → Son
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Son → Father
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Father → Daughter
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Bath, Somerset, South-west England, England
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Holles Street, London, Middlesex, London, England
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Portland Place, London, Middlesex, London, England
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1810 - ????
Enslaved young woman in St Peter, Barbados. Manumitted on the eve of Emancipation. Married a butcher in Speightstown.
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:
'Thomas John Parker senior', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146632307 [accessed 21st November 2024].
