???? - 1785
London merchant, partner with Lewis Chauvet: the pair, of the Old Jewry, were bankrupt in 1778. Turquand appears to have recovered from his bankruptcy, forming a new partnership in London with James Grigson [sp?], mentioned in Turquand's will, made in 1783 and proved in 1785. In the will he acknowledged the earlier bankruptcy and set he had set aside a fund to meet his private debts.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Occupation
Merchant
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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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1799 [EA] - 1799 [LA] → Joint owner
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1817 [EA] - 1819 [LA] → Previous owner
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Executor → Testator
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Business partners
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Other relatives
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Possibly father and...
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Old Jewry, City of London, Middlesex, London, England
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1805 - 22nd Apr 1887
Born into slavery in Carriacou, Grenada, Malvina Wells became a lady's maid in Edinburgh and a trusted family friend to her employers.
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:
'Peter Turquand', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146645603 [accessed 23rd December 2024].
