Clement Horton

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Will of Clement Horton storekeeper of HM's Ordnance Barbados [made in 1791] proved 05/06/1813. He left to his wife Mary [then in England] his property at Sevenoaks in Kent and named enslaved people: 'viz. Eoin and George men, Scipio a boy, Betty Grace and Rose women with their future issue and increase and Betty a girl with her future issue and increase..and whatever other slaves I am in possession of'. He made his wife his universal legatee with reversion to his mother for life and then to the two children of his brother William.

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PROB 11/1545/89

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Spouse

Mary

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Sevenoaks, Kent, South-east England, England

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People of Interest

Thomas Warren

27^th Nov 1782 - 8^th Dec 1862

Wesleyan Minister, apparently sought to manumit his enslaved people for religious reasons

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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:
'Clement Horton', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146654639 [accessed 22nd December 2024].

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