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Resident slave-owner and attorney in Jamaica. Born c. 1782; immigrated to Jamaica c. 1809; died aged 45 in c. 1827. His will was attested in Jamaica 01/11/1827 though not proved in London until 1831.
Will of Thomas Spicer of Island of Jamaica proved 29/01/1831. Under the will he left £500 each to his sisters Julia Ann Spicer of Harefield and Lydia Spicer of Ruislip, £200 to his brother William of London and £200 to his niece Sarah Ann Spicer, daughter of Joseph Spicer of London. He left £50 current to a 'free sambo woman' Ellen Cairns, together with his furniture and household goods, which in a codicil he rescinded on account of her 'bad behaviour' towards him. After two other monetary legacies of £50 he instructed that his interest in the True Blue estate be sold and the proceeds form part of his residuary estate, the heir to which was his brother Joseph Spicer.
We are grateful to Emily Bolton for assistance in compiling this entry.
British Newspaper Archives. Obituary of Thomas Spicer in the Englishman, 27/01/1828, p. 4.
PROB 11/1780/434
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1817 [EA] - → Attorney
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1817 [EA] - → Other
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1817 [EA] - → Other
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1829 [EA] - → Other
Previous owner of enslaved people purchased by this estate. |
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1817 [EA] - → Attorney
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1823 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Executor
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1817 [EA] - → Attorney
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1820 [EA] - → Other
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1823 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Trustee and Executor
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1826 [EA] - → Assignee
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1829 [EA] - → Other
Former owner of this group of enslaved people. |
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1832 [EA] - → Attorney
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1817 [EA] - → Other
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1823 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Attorney
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1826 [EA] - → Other
Previous joint-owner of enslaved people moved to this estate. |
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1820 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Joint owner
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1826 [EA] - → Owner
Assumption that Thomas Spicer kept the land when the group of enslaved people was broken up, but this hasn't been proven. |
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1829 [EA] - → Previous owner
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1817 [EA] - → Other
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1817 [EA] - → Attorney
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1817 [EA] - → Administrator
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1817 [EA] - → Other
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1823 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Attorney
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1810 - ????
Enslaved young woman in St Peter, Barbados. Manumitted on the eve of Emancipation. Married a butcher in Speightstown.
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:
'Thomas Spicer or Spycer', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146646547 [accessed 26th December 2024].
