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Slave-owner of Antigua and purchaser of Piercefield Monmouthshire in 1740. Father of Valentine Morris II (q.v.). Shown by Vere Langford Oliver as owner of Crabbs, Martins and Willoughby Bay and the enslaved people on them.
Vere Langford Oliver History of Antigua Vol. II pp. 272-273.
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Absentee?
Transatlantic
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Spouse
(1) Elizabeth Keynel (2) Elizabeth Wilmot
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Children
Valentine
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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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1727 [SY] - 1734 [EY] → Mortgage Holder
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1734 [SY] - 1743 [EY] → Owner
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Country house
Piercefield [Purchased]
description → Country house and estate in Monmouthshire, purchased by Co. Valentine Morris in 1740, improved and landscaped by his son Valentine Morris II (q.v.) using Richard Owen Cambridge, sold in 1785 and...
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Father → Son
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Father-in-law → Son-in-law
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Father-in-law → Son-in-law
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Piercefield House, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, South Wales, Wales
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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.
© Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2024
CITING THIS RECORD:
'Col. Valentine Morris', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146646967 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
