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Charles White

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Biography

Owner of Clearmount estate in Jamaica and the enslaved people on it, dead by 1774.

Charles White of St Catherine, Esquire. Estate probated in Jamaica in 1775. Slave-ownership at probate: 98 of whom 56 were listed as male and 32 as female. 0 were listed as boys, girls or children. Total value of estate at probate: £8336.14 Jamaican currency of which £5063 currency was the value of enslaved people. Estate valuation included £0 currency cash, £1117.58 currency debts and £58.94 currency plate.

The will of Charles White of St Catherine, Esquire, was proved in Jamaica, 14/04/1774.


Sources

Trevor Burnard, Database of Jamaican inventories, 1674-1784.

LOS 41.

We are grateful to Daniel Livesay for his assistance with this entry.

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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
1775 [EA] - 1780 [LA] → Previous owner
Clearmount [ Jamaica | St Catherine ]

Inventories (1)

Charles White Esquire
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