???? - 1870
Very likely to be Kezia Jones, daughter of Thomas Battyn Jones, and and his wife Elizabeth née Miller, who was baptised 08/04/1803 in St Michael, Barbados. Sister of Harbourne Barnwell Jones (q.v.). Sister-in-law of John Clairmonte Abrams (q.v.) who was married to her sister Mary. Apparently resident in Barbados in 1834.
Living at The Elms in St Helen's, Isle of Wight, a spinster in the household of her sister Mary Abrams in the census of 1861, age 58, unmarried [incorrectly indexed on Ancestry.com as Keyib]. Death of Kezia Jones registered Q3 1870 age 65 at Ryde, Isle of Wight.
www.familysearch.org batch no. C51395-3. Marriage of parents in Barbados, 21/05/1791 at www.familysearch.org batch no. M51392-2. See separate entries for Harbourne Barnwell Jones and John Clairmonte Abrams. 1861 census online. Ancestry.com, England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1915 [database online].
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Absentee?
Transatlantic
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Name in compensation records
Kesia Jones
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£19 8s 4d
Awardee
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Sister-in-law → Brother-in-law
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The Elms, St Helens, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, Wessex, England
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???? - 1848
Successful planter in British Guiana and Grenada; part of a close-knit mixed-race family with numerous business interests.
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:
'Kezia Jones', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/5670 [accessed 25th November 2024].
