21st Mar 1810 - ????
Son of Sarah Racster 'a free mulatto' and William Thomas Taylor of Kingston. He inherited one enslaved person and possibly other property from Isabella Hall, his great-aunt, 'late of the parish of St Andrews Jamaica, a free woman of colour, gentlewoman' whose will in 1822 specified the James Taylor could choose any one of the children of 'my slave name[d] Rosannah Sefas that he may make thereof to and for his own use and benefit forever Also my small wardrobe.'
James Taylor, son of Sarah Racster, "free mestee" and William Taylor, born 21/03/1810 and baptised 27/02/1811 in Kingston.
T71/ Kingston no. 858 and 865; will of Bella otherwise Isabella Hall, spinster of Kingston Jamaica proved 25/02/1826 PROB 11/1708/344.
Familysearch.org, Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 [database online].
We are grateful for the help of Sue Smith with this entry.
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Spouse
Sarah Taylor
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£333 14s 3d
Awardee
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£413 7s 5d
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1781 - 1830
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family who had numerous mercantile connections in the West Indies. The compensation for Baillie's Bacolet in Grenada was awarded to the trustees of her marriage settlement. Grand-daughter of Colin Roy Campbell of Glenmure. Apparently a victim of the quack doctor John St John Lang of Harley Street in 1830.
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:
'James Taylor', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/23014 [accessed 8th November 2024].
