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Originally from Moray, Scotland. Eldest brother of James Peterkin of the Grange, Moray, and Chatham, Jamaica. Manager of Chatham from at least 1812. Death at Cheltenham of Alexander Peterkin Esquire, of Chatham, Jamaica, and Greshope, Moray, 27/12/1817.
Will of James Peterkin, PROB 11/1544/212. Edinburgh Annual Register Vol. 10 p. 317 (1817). Blackwoods Magazine Vol. 2 p. 610 (February 1818).
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Absentee?
Transatlantic?
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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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1808 [EA] - → Attorney
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1809 [EA] - 1817 [EY] → Owner
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1819 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Previous owner
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1817 [EA] - → Trustee
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Brothers
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Uncle → Nephew
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Brother-in-law → Sister-in-law
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Uncle → Niece
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Uncle → Nephew
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Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, South-west England, England
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Greshope, Forres, Moray, North-east Scotland, Scotland
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1729 - 1809
Quaker merchant and banker, abolitionist who manumitted enslaved people in Jamaica
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:
'Alexander Peterkin', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146644307 [accessed 21st November 2024].
