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Resident slaveowner in Jamaica. James K. Binns was Overseer at Beans Estate between 1798 and 1810, and was later the owner of Ware Park. His relationship to Edward Binns, the owner of Beans, is not yet clear. He married Sarah Haughton Leigh (q.v.) on 01/09/1801 at Hanover. The couple had three sons, James Kitelee, Edward, and Samuel Leigh Heatley between 1802 and 1809. James K. Binns died between 1809 and 1811.
We are grateful to David Barker for his assistance with compiling this entry.
Caribbean, Select Marriages, 1591-1905; Jamaica, Select Births and Baptisms, 1752-1902.
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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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1798 [EA] - 1806 [LA] → Overseer
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1809 [EA] - → Owner
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1811 [EA] - → Previous owner
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Husband → Wife
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Sarah Haughton Binns (née Leigh) succeed to the ownership of enslaved people previously registered to James K. Binns, and was his widow. The pair had married in Hanover in...
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1791 - 1862
Free woman of colour; left Demerara in 1812 as a young woman and settled in Starthforth, Yorkshire, where she died in 1862.
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:
'James K. Binns', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146634374 [accessed 22nd December 2024].
