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Benjamin Moore of Westmoreland, planter. Estate probated in Jamaica in 1737. Slave-ownership at probate: 28 of whom 17 were listed as male and 11 as female. 0 were listed as boys, girls or children. Total value of estate at probate: £733.42 Jamaican currency of which £708 currency was the value of enslaved people. Estate valuation included £0 currency cash, £0 currency debts and £2.5 currency plate.
His heir was his son John Moore, a minor in 1737 with Joseph Tharp as his guardian.
The will of Benjamin Moore was proved in Jamaica in 1737.
Trevor Burnard, Database of Jamaican inventories, 1674-1784.
Vere Langford Oliver, Caribbeana being miscellaneous papers relating to the history, genealogy, topography, and antiquities of the British West Indies (6 vols., London, Mitchell, Hughes and Clarke, 1910-1919) vol. 2 p. 157.
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Occupation
Planter
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1737 [EA] - 1742 [LA] → Previous owner
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Father → Son
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1787 - 1861
Enslaved boy on Unity Valley Pen, Jamaica. Manumitted in 1795 by David Barclay and removed to Philadelphia, with 29 other freed persons from the estate, where he was placed under the care of Society for Improving the Condition of Free Blacks.
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:
'Benjamin Moore', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146660453 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
