???? - 1830
Resident then absentee slave-owner on Jamaica. Almost certainly Jane Martin widow of Clifton Gloucestershire whose will was proved 18/02/1830. In that will, made in 1829, Jane Martin described herself as formerly of the island of Jamaica, and left 'all the negro and other slaves on the said island of Jamaica and elsewhere of or to which [sic] I am or shall at the time of my decease be any wise possessed of or entitled' and the proceeds of the sale of 'slaves' for which she had previously appointed an attorney, to her friend Sarah Fennell Scott (q.v.) of Clifton.
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Absentee?
Transatlantic
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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:
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1817 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Owner
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Testator → Legatee
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Clifton, Gloucestershire, South-west England, England
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25th Nov 1776 - 1851
Resident clergyman, proponant of religious instruction for enslaved people.
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:
'Jane Martin', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146659369 [accessed 8th November 2024].
