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Partner in Watson & Appleton, a slave-factor at Montego Bay for several voyages between 1795 and 1807: George Watson and William Appleton were linked as the executors of another Jamaica slave-factor, Ralph Parkinson (q.v.) in his will made in 1805. Separately George Watson of Montego Bay was the executor of Ralph Parkinson's nephew Matthew Parkinson (q.v.) in the latter's will made in 1813. To date George Watson has has not been traced further by LBS.
Data on slave factors suppled to LBS by Nick Radburn, University of Lancaster, for whose help LBS is grateful.
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George Watson and William Appleton have been inferred by LBS to have been the Appleton of Watson + Appleton of Montego...
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1787 - 1861
Enslaved boy on Unity Valley Pen, Jamaica. Manumitted in 1795 by David Barclay and removed to Philadelphia, with 29 other freed persons from the estate, where he was placed under the care of Society for Improving the Condition of Free Blacks.
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:
'George Watson of Montego Bay', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146664051 [accessed 25th November 2024].
