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James Gibson

Profile & Legacies Summary

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Biography

Owner of Leogan sugar estate in St James, Jamaica. Deceased by 1794. Probably the merchant of Kingston Jamaica who was co-owner of vessels with Joseph Birch of Liverpool and in one case with John Hatton of Montego Bay. Gibson and Hatton advertised miscellaneous goods just imported from Liverpool in the Hall in 1789. James Gibson invested in five slave-trading voyages from Liverpool with Sir Joseph Birch (q.v.) and others, and appeared as a slave factor at Montego Bay for several voyages in the 1780s.


Sources

Liverpool Registry of Merchant Ships, https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=LmW7AAAAIAAJ&pg=RA2-PA63&lpg=RA2-PA63&dq=gibson+%26+hatton+jamaica&source=bl&ots=dpWRRNRAYM&sig=ACfU3U2_Tp49q2kyNhEOgWK-yv51EyFTSw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiE3Nza9aXmAhWagVwKHemGBJYQ6AEwC3oECAcQAQ#v=onepage&q=gibson%20%26%20hatton%20jamaica&f=false; Cornwall Chronicle, 02/01/1789, via http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/c/CornwallC_01.htm [accessed 07/12/2019].

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
1794 [EA] - → Previous owner
Leogan Estate [ Jamaica | St James ]

Legacies Summary

Commercial (1)

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Gibson and Hatton
West India merchant  
 
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Relationships (3)

James Gibson
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Sir Joseph Birch 1st Bart.
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The two men were co-owners of ships in the Liverpool Registry, and co-partners with others in five slave...
James Gibson
Business associates
James Wedderburn of Westmorland County of Cornwall Island of Jamaica
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James Gibson
Business partners
John Hatton
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