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Charles Seymour

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1777

Biography

Major slave-owner in Jamaica. Died c. 1777.

Charles Seymour of St Andrew, Esquire. Estate probated in Jamaica in 1777. Slave-ownership at probate: 84 of whom 48 were listed as male and 36 as female. 12 were listed as boys, girls or children. Total value of estate at probate: £9265.01 Jamaican currency of which £4568 currency was the value of enslaved people. Estate valuation included £44.33 currency cash, £3461 currency debts and £438.2 currency plate.


Sources

Trevor Burnard, Database of Jamaican inventories, 1674-1784.

Associated Estates (1)

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:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1758 [EA] - 1761 [LA] → Sequestrator
Benfield [ Jamaica | St Thomas-in-the-Vale ]

Inventories (1)

Charles Seymour Esquire
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