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Slave-owner on St Kitts, apparently resident. The 1753 Samuel Baker map shows two estates [or possibly one separated by a river] for Benj. King near Jonathan's Bay in Palmetto Point. Vere Langford Oliver shows a will dated 28/11/1760 sworn 05/01/1761, under which King left an annuity of £300 p.a. to his wife Sarah, £1500 to his daughter Elizabeth, £50 p.a. to his brother Joseph and the residue to his son Joseph King.
Vere Langford Oliver More Monumental Inscriptions p. 173.
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Spouse
Sarah
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Children
Elizabeth; Joseph
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Father → Son
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1761 - ????
"Free quadroon woman" and mother of eleven children; independently wealthy, perhaps through legacies left her by her partners James Tierney (died 1784) and Ebenezer Robertson (died 1825).
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 King of St Kitts', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146660979 [accessed 24th April 2024].
