1763 - ????
Slave-owner in Jamaica, born in England but apparently resident in Jamaica.
Baptism of Charles Coulon Yates, son of Samuel Yates and Mary 06/07/1763 at St James' Westminster.
Susanna Fletcher Yates, daughter of Jane Irving, a free woman of colour, by Charles Coulon Yates born 19/08/1797 and baptised in St Andrew Jamaica in 28/02/1798. Susanna, daughter of Coulon and Sarah Yates, born 06/01/1801 and baptised in St Andrew 14/02/1801.
Note there is an estate plotted as Yates's in Port Royal on James Robertson's 1804 map of Jamaica (latitude 18.026404, longitude -76.691694).
Ancestry.com, England & Wales, Christening Index, 1530-1980 [database online].
Ancestry.com, Jamaica, Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1879 [database online].
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Absentee?
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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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1826 [EA] - → Other
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1826 [EA] - → Other
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1823 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Previous owner
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Father-in-law → Son-in-law
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Father → Natural Daughter
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Father-in-law → Son-in-law
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1785 - 1854
Jamaican-born widow of a prominent slave-owner; resident in Britain following the death of her husband in 1818. Accused - and acquitted - of the cruel treatment of some enslaved people whom she brought to Britain with her.
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:
'Charles Coulon Yates', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146645979 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
