1769 - 1831
Son of Philip Ph. Livingston (q.v.). Baptised in Kingston Jamaica, but from an American Revolutionary family, and grandson of a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Philip Henry Livingston had a daughter Christiana Williams, later Freeman, with Barbara Williams, reportedly an enslaved woman whom he brought from Jamaica to the US.
Dahleen Glanton, 'A Family Affair In Black And White: Two Clans Discover The Secret Of Their Common Roots', Chicago Tribune 10/03/1997, http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1997-03-10/features/9703120134_1_madeline-wheeler-murphy-philip-henry-livingston-slaves [accessed 05/02/2018].
We are grateful to David Martial Alexander for his help with this entry.
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Absentee?
USA
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Will
A will but no further details
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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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1791 [EA] - 1807 [LA] → Owner
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1793 [EA] - 1793 [LA] → Joint owner
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1791 [EA] - 1807 [LA] → Owner
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1791 [EA] - 1795 [LA] → Not known
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Son → Father
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Brothers
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1781 - 1830
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family who had numerous mercantile connections in the West Indies. The compensation for Baillie's Bacolet in Grenada was awarded to the trustees of her marriage settlement. Grand-daughter of Colin Roy Campbell of Glenmure. Apparently a victim of the quack doctor John St John Lang of Harley Street in 1830.
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:
'Philip Henry Livingston', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146649431 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
