1775 - 1846
Buried 2 November 1846, St Thomas, Barbados, aged 71. This almost certainly the father of Sir Robert Bowcher Clarke (q.v.)
Clarke's wife, Elizabeth, was the daughter of Benjamin Waple, merchant of London: see biog notes on Sir Robert Bowcher Clarke.
Barbados Church Records, 1637-1887, FamilySearch, accessed 27 March 2015).
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Name in compensation records
Robt. Boucher Clarke the elder
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Spouse
Elizabeth Waple
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£114 11s 6d
Awardee
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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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Father → Son
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1729 - 1809
Quaker merchant and banker, abolitionist who manumitted enslaved people in Jamaica
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.
© Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2024
CITING THIS RECORD:
'Robert Bowcher Clarke the elder', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/41275 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
