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Gabriel Copen Clarke

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1770

Biography

Gub. Copen. Clark of St Elizabeth, planter. Estate probated in Jamaica in 1770. Slave-ownership at probate: 45 of whom 28 were listed as male and 17 as female. 15 were listed as boys, girls or children. Total value of estate at probate: £2729.17 Jamaican currency of which £2490 currency was the value of enslaved people. Estate valuation included £0 currency cash, £1.38 currency debts and £7.9 currency plate.

The enslaved people in St Elizabeth were hired out by his executor 1773-1782.


Sources

Trevor Burnard, Database of Jamaican inventories, 1674-1784.

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
1773 [EA] - 1782 [LA] → Previous owner
[jobbing gang] [ Jamaica | St Elizabeth ]

Relationships (1)

Gabriel Copen Clarke
Testator → Executor
James Cooper Wright
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Inventories (1)

Gub Copen Clark
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