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Thomas Crowder

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Biography

Apparently resident slave-owner in Jamaica, in partnership with James Barclay and an as yet unidentified third partner named Johnston or Johnson.

Thomas Crowder was listed in the Jamaican Quit Rent books for 1754 as the owner of 1063 acres of land in St Elizabeth. Crowder and Barclay were listed in the Jamaican Quit Rent books for 1754 as the owners of 300 acres of land in St Thomas-in-the-East.


Sources

'A List of landholders in the Island of Jamaica together with the number of acres each person possessed taken from the quit rent books in the year 1754', TNA CO 142/31 transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples2/1754lead.htm.

Further Information

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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
1754 [EA] - 1757 [LA] → Joint owner
Cabbage Valley [ Jamaica | St Elizabeth ]

Relationships (1)

Thomas Crowder
Business associates
James Barclay
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