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Son of John Mitchell and Sarah Mitchell, and stepson and beneficiary under the will of of James Fairlie of Bellfield (q.v.). Of Scotland in 1834. Absent from Jamaica from 1820.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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£54 3s 10d
Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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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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1809 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
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1817 [EA] - → Attorney
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1817 [EA] - → Attorney
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Step-son → Step-father
Notes →
John Robert Mitchell was the son of James Fairlie's wife Sarah, previously married to John Mitchell. Fairlie left John Robert Mitchell £500 and then a further £1500 under a codicil to his will...
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Son-in-law → Father-in-law
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In his will Alexander Hawthorn left £5000 in trust for his grandson John Mitchell, the son of his deceased daughter Susan and John Robert Mitchell of the Rock...
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Scotland
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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.
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CITING THIS RECORD:
'John Robert Mitchell', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146644955 [accessed 22nd December 2024].
