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Party to Lyne v Thompson, into which the compensation for the enslaved people on Villa in Antigua and the River estate in Dominica was paid. John Thompson of Upper Clapton was an executor of John Blackburn (q.v.); Thompson's will as 'Insurance broker' of Hackney was proved 08/04/1831. He was possibly the same man as the co-investor in two slave trade voyages in 1792-3 with a group of London and Jamaica merchants.
PROB 11/1784/415.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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£702 5s 2d
Claimants in List E or Chancery cases
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£1,427 11s 9d
Claimants in List E or Chancery cases
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Executor → Testator
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Upper Clapton, London, South-east England, 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:
'John Thompson of Upper Clapton', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/41903 [accessed 23rd December 2024].
