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Anglican clergyman, slave-owner on Nevis, owner of the North Wales estate there, and then holding a parish in St Kitts. Son of Robert Pemberton of Nevis who died before 1778.
Vere Langford Oliver, Caribbeana Vol. VI pp. 41 and 59. In Caribbeana Vol. II p. 238 Oliver showed: (a) Robert Pemberton in 1786 curate of Trinity Palmetto Point on St Kitts; and (b) 'Rev. Robert Pemberton. On referring to Vol. I., 268, it will be noticed that he was Rector of St. James', Nevis, 1757-95, then of St. George, St. Kitts, 1795, till his death 1812.' Vol. I p. 268 showed him as matriculating Queen's College Oxford 16/12/1767 aged 18 and dying in 1812 aged 63.
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Spouse
Elizabeth Williams
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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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1806 [EA] - 1806 [LA] → Previous owner
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Brother-in-law → Sister-in-law
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1788 - 1876
Irish merchant, slave-owner and philanthropist.
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:
'Rev. Robert Pemberton', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146666815 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
