1774 - 1824
Resident slave-owner on Barbados, reported to have paid David Hall (q.v.) £20,500 for the Perry's [later Springfield] estate in St Joseph in 1804. Estimated to have been born in 1774 in Barbados. Son of Eyare Pile and Elizabeth Parris and husband of Charlotte Pile. Brother of Ann Walcott Clarke; Conrad Pile II; William Yard Pile; Mary Popple Pile and Eyare Pile. Children included: Richard Parris, junior (q.v.); Nathaniel Jones; Charlotte J. and Elizabeth B. Pile.
Geni family history, accessed 24 April 2015. But note that this source gives an inaccurate date of death; Brandow, Genealogies of Barbados Families pp. 269-271.
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Spouse
Charlotte Pile
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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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1816 [EA] - 1824 [LA] → Owner
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1804 [EA] - 1824 [LA] → Owner
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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.
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CITING THIS RECORD:
'Richard Parris Pile senior', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146636780 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
