1796 - 1883
Executor and son-in-law of the London merchant Crawford Davison the elder (q.v.). Physician, 5 St Helens Place Bishopsgate.
PROB 11/1866/347; Boyle's Directory (1835).
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Spouse
Eleanor Davison
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£1,354 12s 0d
Awardee (Executor or executrix)
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£2,415 12s 5d
Awardee (Executor or executrix)
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Son-in-law → Father-in-law
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1761 - ????
"Free quadroon woman" and mother of eleven children; independently wealthy, perhaps through legacies left her by her partners James Tierney (died 1784) and Ebenezer Robertson (died 1825).
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:
'Frederick Cobb', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/29541 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
