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Eldest son and heir of James French of St Vincent, who under his will made in 1815 left James Charles French the Richmond Hill estate subject to £5000 to his brother George Henry French. The estate was then settled to raise £600 p.a. dower for Catherine Dickenson on her marriage to James Charles French in 1818. James Charles French was apparently resident on St Vincent; the compensation for the enslaved people on Richmond Hill was paid to his [widow and executrix] Catherine French, after his death between 1830 and 1834.
James Charles French of St Vincent was listed as a subscriber to Charles Shepherd's An Historical Account of the Island of Saint Vincent, published in 1832.
Caribbeana Vol. III p. 310.
Charles Shepherd, An Historical Account of the Island of Saint Vincent (1832) pp. vii-xii.
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1817 [EA] - 1830 [LA] → Owner
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1834 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Previous owner
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Testator → Executor
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1787 - 1835
Daughter of "free Mulatto" lodging-house-keeper Jane Charlotte Beckford (c. 1759-1825); possibly the daughter of George Ffrench, Clerk to the Jamaica Assembly. Spinster; independently wealthy slave-owner.
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:
'James Charles French', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146649959 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
