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Slave-owner in Jamaica, owner of Mount Olivet between at least 1809 and 1832, when the estate and enslaved people appear to have been sold ahead of the compensation process. Probably the free man of colour marrying Catherine Barber of St Elizabeth in 1782.
Williams, Thomas John, m 2/11/1782 in St. Elizabeth to Catherine Barber, after banns. Not white. Both of St. Elizabeth. B0037, I, p. 301, EXCERPTS FROM ANGLICAN PARISH REGISTERS DISSENTER MARRIAGE REGISTERS AND CIVIL REGISTRATION Utten to Young, http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Rw_u-y.htm.
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1809 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Owner
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1788 - 1876
Irish merchant, slave-owner and philanthropist.
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 John Williams', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146638611 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
