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Eldest son of Joseph Milward or Millward (q.v.). Joint heir of his father's property in Jamaica with his brothers John and Thomas.
Joseph Milward was listed in the Jamaican Quit Rent books for 1754 as the owner of 100 acres of land in St Catherine and 850 acres of land in St Thomas-in-the-Vale, total 950 acres.
Joseph Millward of St Catherine, gentleman. Estate probated in Jamaica in 1757. Slave-ownership at probate: 119 of whom 62 were listed as male and 57 as female. 0 were listed as boys, girls or children. Total value of estate at probate: £12736.67 Jamaican currency of which £4200.6 currency was the value of enslaved people. Estate valuation included £5.77 currency cash, £5672.62 currency debts and £394.63 currency plate.
See entry for Joseph Milward senior.
'A List of landholders in the Island of Jamaica together with the number of acres each person possessed taken from the quit rent books in the year 1754', TNA CO 142/31 transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples2/1754lead.htm.
Trevor Burnard, Database of Jamaican inventories, 1674-1784.
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1758 [EA] - 1768 [LA] → Not known
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1761 - ????
"Free quadroon woman" and mother of eleven children; independently wealthy, perhaps through legacies left her by her partners James Tierney (died 1784) and Ebenezer Robertson (died 1825).
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:
'Joseph Milward or Millward junior', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146655969 [accessed 14th November 2024].
