1711 - 1764
Of Salem and Barbados, early purchaser of land and estates in Demerara and Essequibo (Nieuw Walcheren and Pyra plantations in 1746), and partner with Henry Lascelles. In 1767, after his father's death, Gedney Clarke jun. sold out all 11 of the family's plantations and re-invested in Grenada and Tobago.
David Alston, Slaves and Highlanders; Simon D. Smith, 'Gedney Clarke of Salem and Barbados: Transatlantic super-merchant', The New England Quarterly Vol. 76 No. 4 Dec. 2003 pp. 499-549.
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Absentee?
West Indian
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Children
Gedney Clarke jun.; Peter; William; Francis (Frank)
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Father → Son
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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.
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CITING THIS RECORD:
'Gedney Clarke senior', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146632573 [accessed 25th November 2024].
