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George Mayo

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Biography

Joint owner of Carlton Woodhouse in St Mary Jamaica with John Cosens (q.v.) between at least 1778-1783 as heirs of Henry Rose. Burnard notes that in his inventory George Mayo gave names to his livestock that mirrored those given to enslaved people. Nothing further has been traced of him to date.


Sources

T. Burnard, 'Slave Naming Patterns: Onomastics and the Taxonomy of Race in Eighteenth-Century Jamaica' Journal of Interdisciplinary History, xxxi:3 (Winter, 2001), 325–346, at p. 334.

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Associated Estates (1)

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] - 1783 [LA] → Joint owner
Carlton Woodhouse Estate [ Jamaica | St Mary ]