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Edward Spence

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Biography

Slave-owner in Jamaica. His trustees reported for Chatham estate in St James, Jamaica 1772-1775.

Edward Spence contributed £23 15s to the University of Pennsylvania following Dr John Morgan's fundraising tour of the West Indies in 1772-1773.

Edward Spence of Hanover, Esquire. Estate probated in Jamaica in 1776. Slave-ownership at probate: 80 of whom 42 were listed as male and 38 as female. 0 were listed as boys, girls or children. Total value of estate at probate: £6079.96 Jamaican currency of which £5085 currency was the value of enslaved people. Estate valuation included £0 currency cash, £73.31 currency debts and £5 currency plate.


Sources

William Smith, Joseph Hopkinson, and Plunket Fleeson Glentworth, Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania Minute Books, Volume 2, 1768-1779 p. 75, entry for 13/12/1773. Note amounts are in Jamaican currency.

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

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
1772 [EA] - 1775 [LA] → Trust beneficiary
Chatham [ Jamaica | St James ]

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University of Pennsylvania...... 
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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. 75, entry for 13/12/1773. Note amounts are in...

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Edward Spence Esquire
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