Henry Hampson Moore

1796 - 1837

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Executor and trustee and illegitimate son of John Moore, awarded all or part of the compensation on the Amity estate and King's Pen, on the latter of which John Moore's widow Ann Mary Jane Moore (q.v.) counterclaimed for dower, and almost certainly the same Henry H. Moore who in his own right was awarded the compensation for two enslaved people, all in Westmoreland.

  1. Born 10/05/1796, baptised Henry Hampson Moore 30/04/1798 in Westmoreland, the son of John (Russell) Moore (later the husband of Ann Mary Jane Moore (q.v.)), and Frances Russell. One of eight identified natural children of John (Russell) Moore, of whom seven appear in the compensation records.

Sources

T71/871 Westmoreland Nos. 165 (Amity), 447 (King's Pen) and 559.

  1. Register of the Parish of Westmoreland, p. 115, 1798 Baptisms; Jamaica Almanacs 1831, 1832, 1833 and 1840.

We are grateful to Patricia Jackson for her help with this entry.


Further Information

Name in compensation records
Henry H. Russell

Associated Claims (3)

£1,685 6s 8d
Awardee
£1,332 5s 7d
Awardee
£42 9s 7d
Awardee

Associated Estates (4)

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:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1829 [SY] - → Executor
1829 [SY] - 1834 [LA] → Trustee and Executor
1826 [EA] - → Executor
1826 [EA] - → Executor