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The son of Benjamin Bostock (1763-1793) and Harriett Straker Budden; the great-grandson of Benjamin Bostock (1716-1785).
Married Louisa Lightbourn, daughter of William Lightbourn of Bermuda.
Benjamin James possibly admitted to one of the Inns of Court in London (though needs verification); admitted to practise as a barrister-at-law in the Courts of Barbados in 1817.
In 1811 he came to Barbados to wind up the estates of his father and great-grandfather. In 1812, he sold the Yorkshire plantation to William Drayton for £22,000. His father had already sold Carlton estate to William Prescod.
James C. Brandow (comp.), Genealogies of Barbados families (Baltimore, 1983), pp. 181-4.
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Transatlantic
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Spouse
Louisa Lightbourn
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1793 [EA] - 1812 [LA] → Owner
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Benjamin James Bostock was the great grandson of Benjamin...
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1791 - 1862
Free woman of colour; left Demerara in 1812 as a young woman and settled in Starthforth, Yorkshire, where she died in 1862.
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:
'Benjamin James Bostock', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146645229 [accessed 26th December 2024].
