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Slave-owner and attorney in St Ann Jamaica, apparently resident and dead by 1838.
The 1838 Jamaica Almanac shows Duncan Matheson deceased against the Inverness estate in St Ann. The will of Duncan Matheson advocate of Edinburgh proved 23/07/1838 PROB 11/1898/164 is for a different man.
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Absentee?
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Spouse
Susannah
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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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1817 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Attorney
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1829 [EA] - → Attorney
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1817 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Executor
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1829 [EA] - → Attorney
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1815 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
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1817 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Executor
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1829 [EA] - → Attorney
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1820 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Joint owner
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Husband → Wife
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1774 - 1832
Head driver on Great Valley estate in Hanover, Jamaica. Executed by hanging following Sam Sharpe's War.
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:
'Duncan Matheson or Mathison', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146641435 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
