1777 - ????
Slave-owner in Jamaica, shown in the 1790s as a minor and owner of Vauxhall, which had belonged to Francis George Smyth senior, almost certainly his father, and of Haughton Pen. He appears against neither estate in the Slave Registers.
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1788 [EA] - 1797 [LA] → Owner
Shown as owner and a minor |
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1788 [EA] - 1797 [LA] → Owner
Identified as a minor |
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Son → Mother
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Son → Father
Notes →
Inferred...
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Half-brothers
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Brother-in-laws
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Uncle → Nephew
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Uncle → Nephew
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Uncle → Nephew
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Brother-in-law → Sister-in-law
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1787 - 1861
Enslaved boy on Unity Valley Pen, Jamaica. Manumitted in 1795 by David Barclay and removed to Philadelphia, with 29 other freed persons from the estate, where he was placed under the care of Society for Improving the Condition of Free Blacks.
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:
'Thomas Smyth or Smith', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146649519 [accessed 21st November 2024].
