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Captain Sir John Hill counterclaimed unsuccessfully on Spot Valley in right of his wife for her annuity. His wife was apparently Lucy formerly Barrett: a marriage is recorded for John Hill and Lucy Barrett in 1804 at St Pancras. She, nee Swinburn, was the widow of Joseph Barrett, the son of Wisdom Barrett.
Charles R.S. Elvin, >The history of Walmer and Walmer castle (1894) p. 212, https://archive.org/stream/historywalmeran00elvigoog/historywalmeran00elvigoog_djvu.txt [accessed 02/03/2017]
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Spouse
Married but no further details
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£3,401 14s 6d
Unsuccessful claimant
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Other relatives
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Sir John Hill married Lucy Barrett nee Swinburne, the widow of Joseph Francis Sill Barrett, in...
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Second Husband → Wife
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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:
'Sir John Hill', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146651163/ [accessed 13th October 2024].
