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Heir of John Townson of Grays Inn (q.v.). In a codicil of 23/12/1798 to his own will (proved 07/01/1799) he left the property he had inherited from Townson to his nephew Henry Stuart of Madras.
We are grateful to Innes M. Keighren for his assistance with compiling this entry.
PROB 11/1318/42; McGilvary, George Kirk (1990). 'East India patronage and the political management of Scotland 1720-1774' PhD thesis The Open University, pp. 375-6.
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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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1797 [EA] - 1799 [LA] → Legatee
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Hampstead, London, Middlesex, London, England
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1761 - ????
"Free quadroon woman" and mother of eleven children; independently wealthy, perhaps through legacies left her by her partners James Tierney (died 1784) and Ebenezer Robertson (died 1825).
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 Stuart of Hampstead', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146666327 [accessed 26th November 2024].
