1772 - 1836
Resident slave-owner in Jamaica, Kingston merchant, curator of the Botanical Garden at Bath, and dying aged 63 years 10 months 21/12/1836. His wife, given as Delafitte in his Memorial Inscription, appears to have been the same woman as Mary Eliz. Justine Higson (nee Delafitte) (q.v.).
Monumental Inscriptions Kingston Parish Churchyard, No. 338.
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Spouse
Delafitte
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£226 17s 10d
Awardee
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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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1829 [EA] - → Overseer
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1817 [EA] - 1822 [LA] → Trustee
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1820 [EA] - → Receiver
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1820 [EA] - → Mortgagee-in-Possession
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1817 [EA] - → Owner
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1820 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Lessee
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1832 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Joint owner
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1817 [EA] - → Trustee
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1820 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Lessee
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1823 [EA] - → Other
Previously receiver of this group of people in Port Royal. |
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1820 [EA] - → Guardian
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1817 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Joint owner
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Husband → Wife
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Husband → Wife
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???? - 1848
Widow of prominent mahogany merchant and landowner
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:
'Thomas Higson', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146639423 [accessed 22nd December 2024].
