1740 - 1811
Slave-owner in Jamaica, father of John Piercy Henderson (q.v.). Developer of Port Henderson, Jamaica as a spa and as a port for Spanish Town, and builder of Foswell, Auchterarder, Perthshire. Described in 1793 as 'late of Jamaica and then of Great Britain.'
Accounts Produce 1793, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/20 p. 58
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Absentee?
Transatlantic
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Spouse
Eliza Piercy
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Children
John Piercy; Eliza Piercy
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Occupation
Plantation owner
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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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1793 [EA] - 1810 [LA] → Owner
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1815 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Previous owner
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1793 [EA] - 1811 [EY] → Owner
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1793 [EA] - 1809 [EY] → Owner
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1807 [EA] - → Owner
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Cultural (1) |
Paintings
Oil on canvas, 29¼ x 24¼”. Exhibited: Royal Academy 1790 (number 210). John Opie R.A. was commissioned to paint Colonel Henderson's portrait by Stirling City Council to commemorate Colonel...
notes → ...
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Physical (2) |
Country house
Foswell Bank [Built]
description → Late 18thC house 'built for Henderson a retired planter probably to his own designs....An estate map of
1829 for the then owner. John Piercy Henderson shows plantation house colonnade verandahs at...
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Urban Development
Port Henderson, St Catherine, Jamaica [Built]
description → 'This port was named after the owner Colonel John Henderson of the militia who was responsible for its development. It became an important town/port for the English as the depth of the water allowed...
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Father → Son
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Foswell Bank, Auchterarder, Perthshire, North-east Scotland, Scotland
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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.
© Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2024
CITING THIS RECORD:
'Colonel John Henderson', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146633325 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
