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Resident slave-owner in Barbados, dying c. 1810.
Will of Charles Kyd of St Peter Barbados proved 14/07/1810. Under the will [made in 1806] he left monetary legacies to grandchildren, including Charles Kyd Bishop (q.v.), and his estate of Sixmens to his daughter, Elizabeth Maclean.
In a List of inhabitants of St Peter, Barbados, 1780, Charles Kyd was listed as owning 128 enslaved. This was probably the same man and estate as Charles Kyd who left the Six Mens estate in St Peters.
PROB 11/1513/226.
Barbados Department of Archives, RB9/3/6
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Spouse
Married but no further details
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Children
Elizabeth
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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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Father → Daughter
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Elizabeth Maclean was the main heir under the will of her father Charles...
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Grandfather → Grandson
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1789 - 14th Mar 1860
Possibly the first 'ethnic minority' MP to be elected (in 1832) to the House of Commons.
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.
© Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2024
CITING THIS RECORD:
'Charles Kyd', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146652635 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
