1762 - 1815
Liverpool merchant, born Thomas Hayhurst, nephew of James France, partner in France, Fletcher & Co. of Liverpool, brother-in-law of John Cropper (q.v.) and father of James France France (q.v.).
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Spouse
Elizabeth Cropper
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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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1817 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Previous owner
The enslaved people were registered to France, Fletcher & Yates in 1815, and to predecessor firms from 1809 onwards. |
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Partner
France, Fletcher & Co.
West India merchant notes → Succeeded his uncle James France as head of the firm c. 1790. Partner at death in 1815....
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1761 - ????
"Free quadroon woman" and mother of eleven children; independently wealthy, perhaps through legacies left her by her partners James Tierney (died 1784) and Ebenezer Robertson (died 1825).
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:
'Thomas France ne Hayhurst', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146635791 [accessed 23rd December 2024].
