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Brother of Joshua Powell of Bristol (q.v.), and probably the Thomas Powell shown as a joint-owner of Bedminster and Eden estates in Dominica until c. 1826. His will, made 05/09/1836 and proved 19/10/1836, is silent on 'slave-property'. He left an annuity of £500 p.a. to Mary Ann Berkeley, and his other assets, including shares in and loans to the Bristol Dock Co., to his nephews Timothy Powell, Hew Stewart Powell, Joshua Powell, Thomas Hungerford Powell and Timothy Sampson Powell.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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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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1817 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Joint owner
Given as Thomas Powell, co-owner with Joshua Powell, both of Bristol and inferred to be Thomas Hungerford Powell, Joshua Powell's brother. |
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1817 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Joint owner
Given as Thomas Powell, co-owner with Joshua Powell, both of Bristol and inferred to be Thomas Hungerford Powell, Joshua Powell's brother. |
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Brothers
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Bristol, Gloucestershire, South-west England, England
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1761 - ????
"Free quadroon woman" and mother of eleven children; independently wealthy, perhaps through legacies left her by her partners James Tierney (died 1784) and Ebenezer Robertson (died 1825).
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:
'Thomas Hungerford Powell', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146651591 [accessed 24th November 2024].
