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Apparently resident slave-owner in Jamaica, owner of Kemnay Grove in right of his wife Jane Brown Deans. Their son William was educated at King's College, Aberdeen 1824-1826. John Deans turned down the application of the Wesleyan Rev. John Jenkins to preach at Port Antonio in May 1825.
David Dobson, Scots in the West Indies, 1707-1857 p. 36; George Jackson, A Memoir of the Rev. John Jenkins: Late a Wesleyan Missionary in the Island (Second ed. 1832) p. 156.
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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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1809 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Joint owner
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1829 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Trustee
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Husband → Wife
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Trustee → Testator
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1791 - 1862
Free woman of colour; left Demerara in 1812 as a young woman and settled in Starthforth, Yorkshire, where she died in 1862.
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 Deans', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/22068 [accessed 21st November 2024].
