1735 - 1790
Part owner of the Morant estate in Jamaica. His mother Charlotte was daughter and co-heir of Charles Kent (q.v.).
Dalby, Thomas Septimus, s. John of Hurst Berks., arm. BALLIOL COLLEGE Matric. 08/08/1754 aged 19, bar.-at-law Inner Temple 1759.
Will of Thomas Septimius [sic] Dalby of Hurst Kent [sic] proved 28/05/1790. In the will he confirmed the settlement of his estate in Jamaica for life on his wife Josepha, and afterwards to his children if any, and then to his three sisters. He described the Morant estate, in which he owned 1/6th, as owned by Mrs Jennings and Mrs Thompson, Henry Jennings and Mrs Dodwell, in addition to himself.
Ancestry.com, Oxford University Alumni, 1500-1886 [database online]
PROB 11/1191/266
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Spouse
Josepha French
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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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1778 [EA] - 1782 [LA] → Joint owner
Shown as owning a 1/6th interest between 1778 and 1782. |
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Nephew → Aunt
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Nephew → Uncle
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Grandson → Grandfather
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Hurst Lodge, Hurst, Berkshire, Central England, England
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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 Septimus Dalby', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146650575 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
