No Dates
A John Russell Williams appears as one of the eleven natural children of John Williams of St Ann's in an Act of the Jamaican House of Assembly 27/11/1777. He is listed as a "free person" in the Accounts Produce.
John Russell and James Williams were owners of 60 enslaved people and 90 stock in St Ann, Jamaica, in 1792.
John Russell Williams, gentleman of St Ann, married Rebecca Bartlett, spinster of St Catherine, in St Catherine 26/05/1804.
CO 139/34 (372).
'A List of slaves and stock in the parish of St Ann taken the 28th March 1792 pursuant to order of the Honourable House of Assembly... transcribed from papers presented to the British Museum by Charles E. Long ref. Add. 12435' transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/mstann1792.htm.
Familysearch.org, Jamaica, Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 [database online].
|
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:
|
|
1829 [EA] - → Other
|
|
1826 [EA] - → Other
|
|
1791 [EA] - 1792 [LA] → Joint owner
|
|
1794 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Previous owner
|
|
1791 [EA] - → Owner
|
|
Natural Son → Father
|
|
Brothers
Notes →
tentative...
|
|
Brother → Sister
|
1787 - 1835
Daughter of "free Mulatto" lodging-house-keeper Jane Charlotte Beckford (c. 1759-1825); possibly the daughter of George Ffrench, Clerk to the Jamaica Assembly. Spinster; independently wealthy slave-owner.
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:
'John Russell Williams', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146641863 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
