UCL

John Shaw

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1821

Biography

Resident slave-owner in Jamaica, dying c. 1821. His estate is now Shaw Park Gardens in Ocho Rios.

Owner of 50 enslaved people and 15 stock in St Ann, Jamaica, in 1792, assumed to be on Shaw Park.


Sources

http://www.jamaicascene.com/attractions/ocho_rios/shaw_park_gardens.php [accessed 26/01/2017]; https://www.raremaps.com/gallery/detail/34466aj?view=print [accessed 26/01/2017].

'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.

Further Information

Children
Elizabeth Olivia

Associated Estates (3)

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
1822 [EA] - 1824 [LA] → Previous owner
Shaw Park [ Jamaica | St Ann ]
1792 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Owner
Shaw Park [ Jamaica | St Ann ]
1817 [EA] - → Owner
Unknown [ Jamaica | St Ann ]

Relationships (2)

John Shaw
Father → Daughter
Elizabeth Olivia Walker formerly Leslie (née Shaw)
Details
John Shaw
Father-in-law → Son-in-law
James Walker
Details