6th Dec 1730 - ????
Thomas Hope Edlyne, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Edlyne, born 06/12/1730 and baptised in Kingston, 28/12/1730. Owner of Hampton Court estate in St Thomas-in-the-East in 1762 (his brother-in-law Walrond Fearon filed the Accounts Produce as trustee).
Elizabeth, daughter of Elizabeth Rivers "a free mulatto woman" by Thomas Hope Edlyne, aged about 7 years, baptised in Kingston 19/03/1761.
Thomas Hop. Edlyne of St Thomas-in-the-East, Esquire. Estate probated in Jamaica in 1773. Slave-ownership at probate: 125 of whom 66 were listed as male and 59 as female. 15 were listed as boys, girls or children. Total value of estate at probate: £9915.75 Jamaican currency of which £9140.75 currency was the value of enslaved people. Estate valuation included £0 currency cash, £0 currency debts and £93.75 currency plate.
Familysearch.org, Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 [database online]; Trevor Burnard, Database of Jamaican inventories, 1674-1784.
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Son → Father
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1785 - 4th Jan 1846
Yorkshire-born wife of the Acting Governor of Dominica in the 1800s.
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:
'Thomas Hope Edlyne', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146662237 [accessed 23rd January 2025].
