No Dates
Slave-owner and judge on St Kitts, apparently resident dying c. 1824. He had married Miss Darnel or Darnell, daughter of William Darnel[l] of Newcastle-on-Tyne, at Newcastle on 31/05/1798.
Edinburgh Magazine or Literary Miscellany Vol. XII (1799) p. 77.
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Spouse
Miss Darnel
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Children
Steuart Spencer
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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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1822 [EA] - 1825 [LA] → Lessee (Estate)
Listed as deceased in the 1825 Slave Register. |
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1817 [EA] - 1825 [LA] → Owner
Owner of a large group of apparently unattached enslaved people and lessee of Belmont estate on St Kitts where he had placed them. |
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Deceased Husband → Widow
Notes →
Frances Davis was adminstratrix and almost certainly widow of Benjamin Brown...
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Father → Son
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Administrator and almost certainly son of Benjamin Brown Davis, who had married a Miss Darnell in Newcastle-on-Tyne in 1798....
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Father → Son
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1789 - 14th Mar 1860
Possibly the first 'ethnic minority' MP to be elected (in 1832) to the House of Commons.
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:
'Hon. Benjamin Brown Davis Esq.', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146636613/ [accessed 16th September 2024].
