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Of Robert McKay & Co., shown as owners of Heywood Hall in St Mary, Jamaica and of Iter Boreale in St George, Jamaica. The firm of Robert Mackay & Co. (q.v.) failed in 1818 and trustees for the firm were awarded compensation for the two estates. Robert Mackay or McKay himself died in 1802, leaving £489, suggesting the business was in trouble at earlier times.
Stephen Mullen, ‘A Glasgow-West India Merchant House and the Imperial Dividend, 1779-1867’, Journal of Scottish Historical Studies 33.2 2012, pp.196-233 at p. 221; Anthony Cooke, 'An elite revisited: Glasgow West India merchants, 1783-1877', Journal of Scottish Historical Studies 32.2 2012 pp. 127-165, at p. 162; CC 9/7/7/9/191 12/07/1807; Stephen Mullen, 'The ‘Glasgow West India interest: integration, collaboration and exploitation in the British Atlantic World', PhD thesis, University of Glasgow (2015) p. 165-166.
We are grateful to Martin Sweet for his assistance with compiling this entry.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Wealth at death
£489
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Occupation
West India 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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1810 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Previous owner
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1809 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Previous owner
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1790 [EA] - 1793 [LA] → Joint owner
The Palmetto River estate was shown as owned by Robert McKay & Co. 1790-1793. |
Commercial (1) |
Name Partner
Robert Mckay and Company
West India merchant |
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Business partners
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1761 - ????
"Free quadroon woman" and mother of eleven children; independently wealthy, perhaps through legacies left her by her partners James Tierney (died 1784) and Ebenezer Robertson (died 1825).
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:
'Robert Mackay or McKay', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146646089 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
