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Catherine Orgill Burgess, Joan Murray Burgess, Edward Cooper Burgess and Ann Nevins Burgess, children of Mary Murray, a free woman of colour, were baptised in St George, Jamaica, 04/02/1812. David Cooper Burgess, with the same mother, had been baptised in St George the year before. No father's name is given. They were probably the children of Henry Burgess, who owned their property before his death c. 1824.
Familysearch.org, Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 [database online].
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1834 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Owner
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25th Nov 1776 - 1851
Resident clergyman, proponant of religious instruction for enslaved people.
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:
'Edward Cooper Burgess', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/21717 [accessed 22nd January 2025].
