1777 - 1841
Frances Amelia Gibbes, absentee slaveowner, was born in or before 1777. She was baptised 07/09/1777 in St James, Jamaica; her parents were Francis Blowar (sic) Gibbes and Amelia Gibbes, née Irving. She married James Wilson in St James, Jamaica, 10 /03/1796. Her mother’s will of 1809 describes Wilson as of Montego Bay Merchant; we know nothing more of him so far.
Frances Amelia Wilson registered enslaved people as owner in St James: 26 enslaved in 1817; 28 (inferred) in 1820; 9 in 1823 (registered by her attorney); 10 in 1826 (inferred); 8 in 1829 (registered by her attorney).
She died probably in May 1841; she was buried 08/05/1841 in Westminster, Middlesex. Will proved 26/05/1841; it contains references to ‘Amelia James, widow of Hugo James late of Spanish Town’; and to one of Amelia James’s children, Samuel Jackson James.
We are grateful to David Barker for assistance in compiling this entry.
T71/873 St James no. 205. Frances A. Wilson GB owner-in-fee. Frances A., Frances A.E. and F.A. Wilson appear in the Jamaica Almanacs for St James from 1824 onwards. Caribbean, Select Births and Baptisms, 1590-1928; Caribbean, Select Marriages, 1591-1905; Slave Registers, St James, 1817 to 1829; England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991; England and Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Maiden Name
Gibbes
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£152 10s 7d
Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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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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1817 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
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Daughter → Mother
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Sister-in-law → Brother-in-law
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Aunt → Niece
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London, Middlesex, London, England
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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:
'Frances Amelia Wilson (née Gibbes)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/23313 [accessed 22nd December 2024].
