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James Fairlie was partner of John Tailyour (later Taylor) of Kirtonhill (q.v.): Taylor, Ballantine and Fairlie were active as slave-factors at Kingston Jamaica in the 1790s.
William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan, Tailyour Family Papers 1743-2003, http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsmss/umich-wcl-M-4207tai?view=text [accessed 28/09/2016].
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Absentee?
Transatlantic
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Spouse
Sarah Mitchell nee Bell
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Children
James; Agnes
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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:
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1797 [EA] - 1798 [LA] → Mortgagee-in-Possession
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Founding Partner
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Country house
Bellfield House [Built]
description → New mansion house built by James Fairlie on the Bellfield estate. The house was sold to George Buchanan of Glasgow and passed to the Buchanan sisters. who bequeathed it as part of their Buchanan...
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Business partners
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Partners in the Kilmarnock Banking Company with...
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Business partners
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Step-father → Step-son
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John Robert Mitchell was the son of James Fairlie's wife Sarah, previously married to John Mitchell. Fairlie left John Robert Mitchell £500 and then a further £1500 under a codicil to his will...
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Bellfield, Ayrshire, Southern Scotland, Scotland
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1785 - 1854
Jamaican-born widow of a prominent slave-owner; resident in Britain following the death of her husband in 1818. Accused - and acquitted - of the cruel treatment of some enslaved people whom she brought to Britain with her.
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:
'James Fairlie of Bellfield', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146651277/ [accessed 19th April 2024].
