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John Rose of London, merchant and nephew of Francis Rose (d. 1720).
Francis Rose left his Jamaican estates to his son Thomas and his heirs, thereafter to Francis's wife Elizabeth for life and thence to his nephew John Rose of London. Thomas died childless after 1724. Before Elizabeth's death in 1727, John Rose sold his interest in the Jamaican estates to Colonel Charles Price for £10,000. The land included Burton's, Savanna (or Old Works) and Rose Hall (or New Works), Bagnold's Thicket (later Decoy), land in Halfway Tree and two houses in Spanish Town.
Michael Craton and James Walvin, A Jamaican Plantation. The History of Worthy Park 1670-1970 (W.H. Allen, London and New York, 1970) pp. 54-55.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Occupation
Merchant
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1727 [SY] - 1727 [EY] → Owner
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Nephew → Uncle
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Nephew → Aunt
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John was Elizabeth's nephew by marriage. He was the son of her husband's...
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First Cousins
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London, London, England
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1761 - ????
"Free quadroon woman" and mother of eleven children; independently wealthy, perhaps through legacies left her by her partners James Tierney (died 1784) and Ebenezer Robertson (died 1825).
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:
'John Rose of London, merchant', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146640729 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
