1739 - 1820
Controller of Customs at Montserrat, dying there in 1820 aged 81, and described as a native of Bristol. His namesake Richard Symons Goodall, reportedly his nephew, was in fact his great-nephew. In the will of his sister Elizabeth Adams nee Symons (q.v.) proved in 1830 she left to her grandson Richard Symons Goodall the house and 'several domestic slaves' on Montserrat she had inherited from her brother Richard Symons as heiress at law.
Caribbeana Vol. I pp. 46-7.
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Richard Symons Goodall was the grandson of Elizabeth Adams, known to have been the sister of Richard...
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???? - 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:
'Richard Symons of Montserrat', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146664809 [accessed 6th May 2024].
