Ebenezer Taylor

Slave-owner and merchant in Jamaica.

1. 4 May [1827] Suddenly at sea, on his passage from Jamaica, [death of] Ebenezer Taylor Esq., a gentleman who, during his long residence in that island, enjoyed the respect and esteem of all who had the pleasure of his acquaintance.

2. Will of Ebenezer Taylor of St Thomas-in-the-East Jamaica [made in 1827] proved 21/05/1828. He left £700 currency to his natural son also named Ebenezer Taylor, with the remainder to his wife Frances subject to the £700 legacy. Among his executors were both Simon Taylor of Kingston and Simon Taylor of London (each of whom q.v.). In a codicil he explained that he and his wife were about to journey to Great Britain, and in the event of his wife leaving no will he made a series of monetary legacies of £300-500 to family and friends, including to his sisters in or around Morley near Leeds, and made his natural son Ebenezer his residuary heir.

1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. XXII [July-December 1827] p. 265.

2. PROB 11/1741/170.