Hon. James Symonds

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Biography

Will of Hon. James Symonds late President HM's Council on Nevis [made in 1758] proved 07/09/1762. Under the will he made his daughter Judith Butler Dunbar (q.v.) his principal heir by leaving in trust his unspecified estates on Nevis with the income to be paid to her separately from her husband Stapleton Dunbar, and then to her children in entail, with remainder to his nephew John Symonds.

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PROB 11/880/36

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Children

Judith Butler

Relationships (1)

Hon. James Symonds

Father → Daughter

Judith Butler Dunbar (née Symonds)

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People of Interest

Ann Katherine Storer (née Hill)

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.

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Documents of Interest

Windsor and Williamsfield Inventory of Slaves 1814 p8

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:
'Hon. James Symonds', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146651841 [accessed 22nd December 2024].

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