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Aaron Holt

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1818

Biography

Merchant in Jamaica and then in Liverpool. Possibly the Holt of Shaw + Inglis + Holt, slave-factors.

  1. Will of Aaron Holt merchant of Everton near Liverpool proved 03/06/1818. The will is uninformative: he left his estate to his unnamed wife and their five children. June 18 [1847] At Camberwell Grove, aged 72, [death of] Ann, relict of Aaron Holt, esq. merchant, of Liverpool, and formerly of Jamaica.

Sources

  1. PROB 11/1605/60; Gentleman's Magazine NS Vol. 28 June 1847 p. 217.

Further Information

Absentee?
Transatlantic
Spouse
Married but no further details

Associated Estates (1)

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:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1803 [EA] - 1803 [LA] → Not known
Lowlayton Estate [ Jamaica | St George ]

Aaron Holt and Alexander Shaw had prior to 1803 conveyed to Alexander Donaldson the Lowlayton estate, the land and 'part of the slaves' of which they had previously mortgaged to John Roebuck et al. of the City of London to secure over £40,000 in bills of exchange from Alexander Shaw drawn on Phyn Inglis of London.

Relationships (1)

Aaron Holt
Business associates
Alexander Shaw of Kingston
Details

Addresses (1)

Everton, Lancashire, North-west England, England
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