No Dates
Co-owner of Good Success between at least 1811-1817. Not further traced to date, although an announcement appeared in the Times 29/12/1868 for the marriage of Eleanor, daughter of the late John Appleton of Demerara to John Hutchins Pitt of Barbados.
'PITT - APPLETON: On the 23d Dec., at Acock's-green, Leicestershire, by the Rev A T Swinburn John Hutchins Pitt Esq of Barbadoes West Indies, to Eleanor Appleton, eldest daughter of the late John Appleton, Esq., of British Guiana. No cards.' Times 29/12/1868, http://sites.rootsweb.com/~nyggbs/Marriages/ItoZLondonTimesMarriages.pdf [accessed 21/05/2019].
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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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1811 [EA] - 1817 [LA] → Joint owner
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1791 - 1862
Free woman of colour; left Demerara in 1812 as a young woman and settled in Starthforth, Yorkshire, where she died in 1862.
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:
'John Appleton of Essequibo', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146662411 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
