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London merchant, of 19 Leman Street Goodman Fields.
Will of David Samuda merchant of [Leman Street, Goodman Fields] St Mary Whitechapel proved 19/07/1804. He left his brother Jacob £2000, his son Benjamin £3000 and his daughter Esther an annuity of £500 p.a. His main heir was another son, also named David.
In 1798 Jacob Israel Bernal and David Samuda of Leman Street executed an indenture by which Bernal 'confirmed' to Samuda 124 enslaved people. The indenture settled a dispute that had its origin in an advance by Leman of £5000 and then further sums to Ab. Tavares in 1772 on a pen named as Friendship.
PROB 11/1412/83.
Caribbeana Vol. III p. 25.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Father → Son
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Father → Son
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1781 - 1830
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family who had numerous mercantile connections in the West Indies. The compensation for Baillie's Bacolet in Grenada was awarded to the trustees of her marriage settlement. Grand-daughter of Colin Roy Campbell of Glenmure. Apparently a victim of the quack doctor John St John Lang of Harley Street in 1830.
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:
'David Samuda of Leman Street', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146660885 [accessed 25th November 2024].
