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Major slave-owner in St Andrew, Jamaica. Died c. 1780. Assumed to be the William James Hall who died in 1779, brother of Cossley Hall and owner of Hyde Hall estate in Trelawny.
Author of a History of Jamaica, married Florence, daughter of Theophius Bletchyndon and cousin to the Countess Spencer. Died s.p. and left his Jamaica property to his brother.
William James Hall contributed £35 to the University of Pennsylvania following Dr John Morgan's fundraising tour of the West Indies in 1772-1773.
William Ja. Hall of St Andrew, Esquire. Estate probated in Jamaica in 1780. Slave-ownership at probate: 216 of whom 117 were listed as male and 99 as female. 51 were listed as boys, girls or children. Total value of estate at probate: £26,775.96 Jamaican currency of which £15,770 currency was the value of enslaved people. Estate valuation included £0 currency cash, £5,236.04 currency debts and £408.6 currency plate.
Burke's History of the Commoners (1839) vol. 4 pp. 742-743.
William Smith, Joseph Hopkinson, and Plunket Fleeson Glentworth, Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania Minute Books, Volume 2, 1768-1779 p. 74, entry for 13/12/1773. Note amounts are in Jamaican currency.
Trevor Burnard, Database of Jamaican inventories, 1674-1784.
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University of Pennsylvania......
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1785 - 4th Jan 1846
Yorkshire-born wife of the Acting Governor of Dominica in the 1800s.
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:
'William James Hall of St Andrew', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146655575 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
