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Resident in Clarendon, Jamaica. There is a stained glass window in Vere Church in memory of Townsend and his wife Sarah Bevil, who died 22 February 1871.
Main Savanna is said to have been of 2,200 acres in 1840.
Frank Cundall, Historic Jamaica (London, West India Committee for the Institute of Jamaica, 1915), p. 387.
Jamaica Almanac, Clarendon 1840: http://jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/AL40Clarend.htm.
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Spouse
Sarah Bevil
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£2,683 18s 8d
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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1823 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Joint owner
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1823 [EA] - 1828 [LA] → Owner
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Legatee → Testator
Notes →
Joseph Barton Phipps left his law books to George Harrison...
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Husband → Wife
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1781 - 14th Jun 1863
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family. London and Bristol merchant and banker (Baillie, Ames & Baillie), major recipient of slave compensation across the Caribbean.
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:
'George Harrison Townsend or Townshend', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/42229 [accessed 25th November 2024].
