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Son of Redmund Purcell the younger, and nephew of Joseph Purcell (q.v.) and first cousin of Bridget Maria Robertson (q.v.). Died 1812 s.p., reportedly leaving the estate to his aunt Bridget Foley, who in turn left it in 1833 to her surviving nephew Richard Patrick Purcell, although the Slave Registers show Richard Purcell as owner from 1828.
John O'Hart, The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry when Cromwell came to Ireland (Dublin, M.H.Gill & Son, 1884).
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1819 [EA] - 1825 [LA] → Previous owner
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1761 - ????
"Free quadroon woman" and mother of eleven children; independently wealthy, perhaps through legacies left her by her partners James Tierney (died 1784) and Ebenezer Robertson (died 1825).
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:
'Joseph Purcell of Trinidad', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146649915 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
