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Nathaniel Morgan

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Biography

Owner of Hampstead estate in St Mary, dead by 1777.

Nathaniel Morgan contributed £10 to the University of Pennsylvania following Dr John Morgan's fundraising tour of the West Indies in 1772-1773.

Nathaniel Morgan of St Mary, Esquire. Estate probated in Jamaica in 1777. Slave-ownership at probate: 67 of whom 27 were listed as male and 40 as female. 12 were listed as boys, girls or children. Total value of estate at probate: £10327.38 Jamaican currency of which £2975.03 currency was the value of enslaved people. Estate valuation included £0 currency cash, £7009.33 currency debts and £0 currency plate.


Sources

William Smith, Joseph Hopkinson, and Plunket Fleeson Glentworth, Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania Minute Books, Volume 2, 1768-1779 p. 78, entry for 13/12/1773. Note amounts are in Jamaican currency.

Trevor Burnard, Database of Jamaican inventories, 1674-1784.

Further Information

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Associated Estates (2)

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:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1778 [EA] - 1791 [LA] → Previous owner
Hampstead [ Jamaica | St Mary ]
1777 [EA] - 1778 [LA] → Previous owner
White Lime [ Jamaica | St Mary ]

Legacies Summary

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University of Pennsylvania
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William Smith, Joseph Hopkinson, and Plunket Fleeson Glentworth, Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania Minute Books, Volume 2, 1768-1779 p. 78, entry for 13/12/1773. Note amounts are in...

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Nathaniel Morgan Esquire
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