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Kenneth McPherson

Profile & Legacies Summary

No Dates

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Indebted resident slave-owner in Jamaica. His kinsman Rev. John Anderson (q.v.) had pledged a substantial sum as surety for McPherson, an the compensation for the enslaved people on his estates was paid to the London merchants George Rutherford and William Jegon as mortgagees.

Associated Claims (1)

Jamaica St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey 541 (Mt Vernon)
£4,779 12s 8d
Unsuccessful claimant (Owner-in-fee)
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Associated Estates (15)

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:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1823 [EA] - → Attorney
Bachelor's Hall Pen [ Jamaica | St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey ]
1823 [EA] - → Attorney
Burrowfield Pen [ Jamaica | St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey ]
1823 [EA] - → Attorney
Cedar Valley (previously Monkland?) [ Jamaica | St David ]
1820 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Executor
Cluny [ Jamaica | St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey ]
1820 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Attorney
Dallas Castle [ Jamaica | Port Royal ]
1820 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Attorney
Duckworth [ Jamaica | St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey ]
1817 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Attorney
Heywood Hall Estate [ Jamaica | St Mary ]
1817 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Attorney
Iter Boreale [ Jamaica | St George ]
1810 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
Moffat [ Jamaica | St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey ]
1817 [EA] - → Executor
Mount Clear [ Jamaica | St David ]
1815 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Owner
Mt Vernon [ Jamaica | St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey ]
1823 [EA] - → Attorney
New Monkland [ Jamaica | St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey ]
1823 [EA] - → Attorney
Old Monkland [ Jamaica | St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey ]
1820 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
Orange Grove [ Jamaica | St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey ]
1817 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Attorney
Unknown [ Jamaica | St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey ]

Relationships (1)

Kenneth McPherson
Business associates
Rev. John Anderson
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Rev. John Anderson stood surety for Kenneth McPherson of Jamaica, and in that capacity paid 'a large sum' to Sir William Forbes & Co. of...