6th Sep 1749 - 21st Nov 1798
Born in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1749, the eldest son of James Irving the elder and his wife Elizabeth Motte. Married 08/10/1785 to Mary James O'Connor, daughter of Philip O'Connor or Carrickfoyle, Jamaica. Custos of Trelawny and Member of Assembly 1774, 1781, 1790 and 1796. Eight children born 1786-1798. Died in 1798 age 49 and was buried in Kingston.
Inherited Ironshore, Irving Tower and Hartfield estates in St James, Jamaica, with three of his brothers - Robert Aemelius, John Beaufinn and Jacob Aemelius - as tenants in common, entailed upon the heirs male. Robert Aemelius died s.p. in 1794.
Sir Aemilius Irving (ed.), James Irving of Ironshore and his descendants 1713-1918, ed. L. Homfray Irving (Toronto, Canada, College Press Limited, 1918) pp. 24-25.
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Spouse
Mary James O'Connor
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Children
Susannah Lawrence, Elizabeth Larkin, James (1790-1790), James (1792-), Henry Houton, Frances, Richard Charles
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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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04/11/1775 [SD] - 21/11/1798 [ED] → Tenant-in-common
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1817 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Previous owner
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04/11/1775 [SD] - 21/11/1798 [ED] → Tenant-in-common
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04/11/1775 [SD] - 21/11/1798 [ED] → Tenant-in-common
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Brother-in-laws
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Brother-in-laws
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Son → Father
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Uncle → Nephew
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Uncle → Nephew
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Father → Son
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Brothers
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Brothers
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Brothers
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Uncle → Nephew
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Uncle → Nephew
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9th Oct 1760 - 1801
Prominent Liverpool merchant and slave-trader
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:
'James Irving II', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146644461 [accessed 13th December 2024].
