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Captain John Abraham, Member of Assembly for St Ann, 1691, '93, '95, '98, 1701. St. James 1702.
John Abraham, estate probated in Jamaica in 1705. Slave-ownership at probate: 60 of whom 36 were listed as male and 24 as female. 20 were listed as boys, girls or children. Total value of estate at probate: £1509.13 Jamaican currency of which £1047 currency was the value of enslaved people. Estate valuation included £0 currency cash, £149.15 currency debts and £0 currency plate.
W. A. Fuertado, Official and Other Personages of Jamaica from 1655 to 1790 Compiled from Various Sources (1896), transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/bfeurtado01.htm.
Trevor Burnard, Database of Jamaican inventories, 1674-1784.
???? - 29th Aug 1873
Free person of colour, slave-owner in Jamaica. Long-term partner and later wife of Thomas Legal Yates. Living in Britain from the mid-1830s until her death in 1873.
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 Abraham', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146663235 [accessed 30th January 2025].
