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Son of John Cope 'of Strathbogie' (q.v., under John Cope senior). In his early twenties when he married Mary (Molly) Dorrill, natural daughter of William Dorrill of Salt River in 1753. Inherited Egypt and Paradise estates in Westmoreland from his father-in-law in 1754. Eight children born to John and Mary and baptised in Westmoreland between 1757 and 1773. He was the employer of Thomas Thistlewood (q.v.). He sold Egypt in 1784 for £8,300 according to Trevor Burnard.
Douglas Hall, In miserable slavery: Thomas Thistlewood in Jamaica, 1750-1786 (Mona, Jamaica, 1999) pp. 13, 23-24, 64-65; Trevor Burnard Planters, merchants and slaves p. 133.
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1754 [SY] - 1784 [EY] → Owner
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1754 [SY] - 1774 [EY] → Owner
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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:
'John Cope', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146652955 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
