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James Prevost was listed in the Jamaican Quit Rent books for 1754 as the owner of 147 acres of land in St Catherine, 495 acres in St Elizabeth, 170 acres in Clarendon and 197 acres in St Dorothy, total 1009 acres. Feurtado showed James Prevost as Member of Assembly for St Dorothy 1749 and 1770, dying in 1776.
"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
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Executor → Testator
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1781 - 14th Jun 1863
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family. London and Bristol merchant and banker (Baillie, Ames & Baillie), major recipient of slave compensation across the Caribbean.
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:
'James Prevost', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146657709 [accessed 23rd December 2024].
