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Mayor of Shrewsbury, and majority owner of Rowley's plantation and the enslaved people attached to it on Barbados, which and whom came to him through his wife Alice nee Rowley, daughter of Seth Rowley. In his will proved 25/05/1731 he left 3/7ths of the plantation [it is not clear when and how the other half of his interest was disposed] to his daughter Anne Hill for life and then to his son Thomas for life and then to the latter's son John.
PROB 11/644/329; Shropshire Archives, Brown Collection 4543/1/34 Description:
Note that Philip Thomas married Priscilla daughter and coheir of John Hill, Mayor of Shrewsbury 1689 by Alice his first wife daughter and sole heiress of Seth Rowley.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Spouse
(1) Alice Rowley
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Joint owner
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The two men were co-owners [in the ratio 6/7ths to1/7th] of an estate and enslaved people on...
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Shrewsbury, Shropshire, West Midlands, England
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1787 - 1835
Daughter of "free Mulatto" lodging-house-keeper Jane Charlotte Beckford (c. 1759-1825); possibly the daughter of George Ffrench, Clerk to the Jamaica Assembly. Spinster; independently wealthy slave-owner.
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 Hill Mayor of Shrewsbury', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146667319 [accessed 23rd November 2024].
