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David Watt

Profile & Legacies Summary

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Biography

Shown as owner and receiver of Cooper Hill in St Andrew Jamaica in 1817, and as previous owner in 1820 when when Eliza Bagnold registered the sale or death of 90 enslaved people as agent for David Watt, 'an absentee.' He has not yet been traced by LBS in Britain.


Sources

A David Watt of 5 Cross Lane, Longacre, St Martin in the Fields, was buried at All Souls, Kensal Green 06/09/1840 aged 74, Ancestry.com London, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-2003 for David Watt Kensington and Chelsea All Souls, Kensal Green 1833-1844 [database online].

Further Information

Absentee?
Transatlantic?

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
1809 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Owner
Cooper's Hill (and Longwood and Mount Atlas) [ Jamaica | St Andrew ]

Owner and receiver.

1820 [EA] - → Other
Maverly Estate [ Jamaica | St Andrew ]

Previous owner of some of these enslaved people.

Relationships (1)

David Watt
Receiver → Bankrupt
James Woodhouse
Details
Notes →
David Watt was party to Watt v Woodhouse (1817) which LBS surmises to have been over Jamaica 'property', C...