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Son of William Dawkins of Jamaica (d. 1694). Married Elizabeth Masters. His father received 1,775 acres in land patents between 1669 and 1682: "After he was killed fighting against the French invaders in 1694, his estate descended to his son Richard." Richard received patents for a further 1,300 acres in Clarendon.
Member of Assembly for Clarendon 1679, 1688, 1693.
Richard Dawkins of Clarendon, Esquire. Estate probated in Jamaica in 1700. Slave-ownership at probate: 143 of whom 75 were listed as male and 68 as female. 0 were listed as boys, girls or children. Total value of estate at probate: £6659.68 Jamaican currency of which £2754 currency was the value of enslaved people. Estate valuation included £928.74 currency cash, £0 currency debts and £186.4 currency plate.
Richard Sheridan, Sugar and Slavery: An Economic History of the British West Indies, 1623-1775 (1974) pp. 224-227.
Fuertado's Personages transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/b/bfeurtado02.htm; Trevor Burnard, Database of Jamaican inventories, 1674-1784.
Trevor Burnard, Database of Jamaican inventories, 1674-1784.
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Spouse
Elizabeth Masters
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Children
Henry (1698-1744), James (1696-1766)
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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:
'Richard Dawkins of Clarendon', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146662231 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
