1719 - 1779
Glasgow merchant, father of William Cross (q.v.). In 1768 he was party together with Robert Bogle and John Baird all of Glasgow with Charlton Palmer and James Oswald of London, mortgaging an estate known as Montreuil.
Caribbeana III, p. 222; Anthony Cooke, 'An elite revisited: Glasgow West India merchants, 1783-1877', Journal of Scottish Historical Studies 32.2 2012 pp. 127-165, at p. 157, SC 36/48/8/449, 26 March 1814 [for William Cross].
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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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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1766 [EA] - 1768 [LA] → Joint owner
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Senior partner
John Cross & Co.
West India merchant |
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Father → Son
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Business associates
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1785 - 1854
Jamaican-born widow of a prominent slave-owner; resident in Britain following the death of her husband in 1818. Accused - and acquitted - of the cruel treatment of some enslaved people whom she brought to Britain with her.
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 Cross of Glasgow', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146665037 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
