1732 - 1822
Owner of Cave Bottom estate in St Thomas-in-the-East, Jamaica, where his sons Thomas (born 1781) and John (born 1782) were baptised in 1783. Of Glassnock or Glycenock in Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, when his daughter Janet and son James Matthew were baptised in 1784 and 1788.
Familysearch.org, Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 [database online]; GROS OPR Births 610 20 16 and 610 20 62.
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Absentee?
Transatlantic
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Spouse
Esther Crawfurd
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Children
James Matthew, John, Thomas, Janet
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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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1810 [EA] - 1822 [EY] → Owner
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1810 [EA] - 1817 [LA] → Owner
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Father → Son
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Father → Son
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Cumnock, Ayrshire, Southern Scotland, Scotland
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???? - 29th Aug 1873
Free person of colour, slave-owner in Jamaica. Long-term partner and later wife of Thomas Legal Yates. Living in Britain from the mid-1830s until her death in 1873.
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 Whyte', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146653775 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
