???? - 1777
London merchant, of Isleworth, father of Priscilla Franks and grandfather of Lady Isabella Ball or Bell Cooper (both of whom q.v.). In his will made and proved in 1777, Aaron Franks left in trust for the benefit of his daughter Priscilla the one-third of the Duckingfield [sic] Hall estate he said he had 'lately purchased of Sir George Colebrooke baronet', together with the enslaved people upon it, and all his other [unspecified] real estate in Jamaica. He forgave his son-in-law Moses Franks the £40,000 the latter owed to him.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Spouse
Married but no further details
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Children
Prisiclla, Phila
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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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- 1777 [EY] → Joint owner
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Father → Daughter
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Grandfather → Grand-daughter
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Father-in-law → Son-in-law
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???? - 29th Aug 1873
Free person of colour, slave-owner in Jamaica. Long-term partner and later wife of Thomas Legal Yates. Living in Britain from the mid-1830s until her death in 1873.
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:
'Aaron Franks', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146645951 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
