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Slave-owner on Nevis, apparently resident, husband of Frances Webbe through whom he came to own the New River estate. He mortgaged the estate to William Blomberg (his son-in-law) in 1767 for £5000 and borrowed a further £6000 from his widowed daughter Ann Blomberg (later Nisbett) in 1775.
Gentleman's Magazine Vol. LV Part II (1785) p. 836; Nisbet v Smith and others (1789), Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery, Volume 2 p. 449.
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Spouse
Frances Webbe
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Children
Walter
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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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1767 [EA] - → Owner
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Father → Son
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Grandfather → Grandson
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Grandfather → Grandson
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Grandfather → Grandson
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Father → Daughter
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9th Oct 1760 - 1801
Prominent Liverpool merchant and slave-trader
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.
© Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2024
CITING THIS RECORD:
'William Maynard of Nevis', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146660929 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
