No Dates
Accountant at Mr Selkrig's No. 8 York Place [Edinburgh] in 1820.
London Gazette, Issue 17611, 01/07/1820, p. 1307, dealing with an unconnected matter for the creditors and legatees of a Leith merchant.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Occupation
Accountant
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£4,942 15s 8d
Awardee
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£2,936 10s 11d
Awardee (Trustee)
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Commercial (1) |
Other partner
Charles Selkrig
Accountant |
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Edinburgh, Midlothian (Edinburgh), Central Scotland, Scotland
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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.
© Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2024
CITING THIS RECORD:
'Patrick Cockburn', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/43209 [accessed 18th April 2024].
