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Thomas King

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Biography

Slave-owner in Jamaica. Shown as an absentee in 1826 and 1829, and still alive c. 1832. His executor William Brooks King was awarded the compensation for the enslaved people on Egg Hill in Portland in 1835, but to date no will has been traced for Thomas King in England around this date. Both William Brooks King and James Bryan King, who acted as attorney for the Egg Hill estate in the 1820s, are associated in genealogical sources as the sons of Francis King (d. 1791 in Jamaica).

Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish?

Associated Estates (2)

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
1815 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Owner
Egg Hill [ Jamaica | Portland ]
1817 [EA] - → Joint owner
Unknown [ Jamaica | Portland ]

Relationships (1)

Thomas King
Testator → Executor
William Brooks King
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