23rd Mar 1820 - ????
Francis Ripley Groom, born 23/03/1820, white by law, being the son of Frances Ripley Eadie [sic], "free mestee", baptised in St Catherine, 12/06/1820. Note that other sources give Frances Ripley Edie as "free quadroon"
His mother inherited a life interest in a quarter share in Hermitage estate in St Andrew and a half share in Tower Hill in St Andrew which was to be passed to Eliza Hammond, his half-sister Elizabeth Hammond and half-brother James Hammond on the death of their mother.
Familysearch.org, Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 [database online]; PROB 11/1790/375; T71/124 p. 69.
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1826 [EA] - → Trust beneficiary
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1787 - 1835
Daughter of "free Mulatto" lodging-house-keeper Jane Charlotte Beckford (c. 1759-1825); possibly the daughter of George Ffrench, Clerk to the Jamaica Assembly. Spinster; independently wealthy slave-owner.
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:
'Francis Ripley Groom', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146654765 [accessed 26th November 2024].
