1756 - 1798
Charles Ashwell was among the signatories of the 1781 address of Tobago residents to Lt-Governor Ferguson, and was Deputy Clerk of the Council there c. 1774. However, he was shown in the 1790s as the owner of three estates - Madey, Belvedera and La Fortune - in Grenada and a fourth, called Kingston, in St Vincent. He received £16,000 in Exchequer loans in 1797 which he failed to service. He died 18/02/1798 aged 42 late of Ayot St Lawrence in the county of Hertford. His widow Frances Elizabeth nee Whitehouse married James Deacon Hume (q.v.), who was awarded the compensation for the enslaved people on La Fortune in the 1830s.
Caribbeana Vol. III, pp. 20-21, 'Ashwell of Grenada'
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Spouse
Frances Elizabeth
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James Deacon Hume married Frances Elizabeth nee Whitehouse the widow of Charles...
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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:
'Charles Ashwell of Grenada', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146634590 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
