1725 - 1760
Owner of Hope Estate with 530 acres and 215 enslaved people in St Andrew, Jamaica, in 1753. Son of Richard Hope Elletson and his wife Susanna.
Thomas Hope Elletson Esquire was buried in Westmoreland 26/01/1760.
Thomas Hop. Elletson of St Andrew, Esquire. Estate probated in Jamaica in 1769. Slave-ownership at probate: 381 of whom 199 were listed as male and 182 as female. 0 were listed as boys, girls or children. Total value of estate at probate: £30,994.91 Jamaican currency of which £19,636.47 currency was the value of enslaved people. Estate valuation included £0 currency cash, £0 currency debts and £210.56 currency plate.
CO137/28 pp. 169-175 transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1753Andrew.htm.
Familysearch.org, Jamaican Parish Registers, Westmoreland Baptisms, marriages, burials 1739-1825, Vol. 1 p. 37.
Trevor Burnard, Database of Jamaican inventories, 1674-1784.
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1785 - 1854
Jamaican-born widow of a prominent slave-owner; resident in Britain following the death of her husband in 1818. Accused - and acquitted - of the cruel treatment of some enslaved people whom she brought to Britain with her.
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:
'Thomas Hope Elletson', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146655549 [accessed 26th December 2024].
