1770 - 1838
Slave-owner in Jamaica, apparently disposing of his property there in the 1820s, and dying in 1838 in London, although given in his will (made in 1834) as of St Omer, France. Stretton Hall in Vere, Jamaica, was registered to Philip Levys and Edward White in the Jamaica Almanac of 1821.
Will of Philip Levys of St Omer France proved 18/03/1838. He left £500 to his niece Jesse Cathelot wife of a French Dragoons officer, and the rest of his estate to his wife Henrietta.
Philip Levys of 67 Cambridge Terrace Paddington was buried at All Souls Kensal Green 08/02/1838 aged 68. His wife Henrietta died of 39 Royal Crescent Kensington in 1852, leaving the bulk of her estate to her residuary legatee and great-nephew Frederick Hendricks.
PROB 11/1892/253.
Ancestry.com, London, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-2003 for Philip Levys Kensington and Chelsea All Souls, Kensal Green 1833-1844 [database online]; will of Henrietta Levys widow of Notting Hill proved 21/09/1852 PROB 11/2159/225.
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Absentee?
Transatlantic?
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Spouse
Married but no further details
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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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1807 [EA] - 1808 [LA] → Attorney
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1809 [EA] - 1825 [LA] → Owner
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1821 [SY] - 1821 [EY] → Joint owner
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1817 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Joint owner
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1817 [EA] - → Lessee
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Husband → Wife
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67 Cambridge Terrace, Paddington, London, Middlesex, London, England
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1787 - 1861
Enslaved boy on Unity Valley Pen, Jamaica. Manumitted in 1795 by David Barclay and removed to Philadelphia, with 29 other freed persons from the estate, where he was placed under the care of Society for Improving the Condition of Free Blacks.
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:
'Phillip Levys', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146632396 [accessed 22nd December 2024].
