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Paul Phipps

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Biography

Owner of Cheltenham estate in St Andrew Jamaica, dead by 1791. Paul Phipps, Member of the Assembly, died in October 1787 and a second Paul Phipps died in transit to England in 1788.

Assumed to be the same Paul Phipps who owned 120 acres and 35 enslaved people in St Andrew in 1753, although this may have been an older relative.

Paul Phipps contributed £9 10s to the University of Pennsylvania following Dr John Morgan's fundraising tour of the West Indies in 1772-1773.


Sources

David Dobson American Vital Records from the Gentleman's Magazine, 1731-1868, p. 223.

CO137/28 pp. 169-175 transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1753Andrew.htm.

William Smith, Joseph Hopkinson, and Plunket Fleeson Glentworth, Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania Minute Books, Volume 2, 1768-1779 p. 74, entry for 13/12/1773. Note amounts are in Jamaican currency.

Associated Estates (2)

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
1791 [EA] - 1801 [LA] → Previous owner
Cheltenham [ Jamaica | St Andrew ]
1753 [EA] - → Owner
Cheltenham [ Jamaica | St Andrew ]

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William Smith, Joseph Hopkinson, and Plunket Fleeson Glentworth, Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania Minute Books, Volume 2, 1768-1779 p. 74, entry for 13/12/1773. Note amounts are in...