1808 - 1889
Dutch absentee, heir of 'Mrs Prins', awarded with his brother Jan Hendrik van Sanden Prins (q.v.) the compensation for the enslaved people on Bathsheba's Lust in British Guiana. 'Jans Hendrikus van Sanden Prins' had a doctoral thesis from Academia Lugduno-Batava 1835 [legal thesis in Latin], i.e. Leyden University, and William Prins was there in 1826.
British Guiana no. 2493; 1826, 11 Jan. Guilielmus Prins e Demeraria Indus Occid. 18, J. et L. (Album Studiosorum Academiae Lugduno Batavae MDLXXV-MDCCCLXXV, kol. 1268).
We are grateful for the help of Stanley Robert Criens in compiling this entry.
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Absentee?
'Foreign'
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Name in compensation records
Wm. Prins
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University
Leyden [1826 ]
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£15,042 2s 3d
Awardee
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Brothers
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Grandson → Grandfather
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Grandson → Grandmother
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Netherlands
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1787 - 1835
Daughter of "free Mulatto" lodging-house-keeper Jane Charlotte Beckford (c. 1759-1825); possibly the daughter of George Ffrench, Clerk to the Jamaica Assembly. Spinster; independently wealthy slave-owner.
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:
'William Prins', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/7625 [accessed 21st November 2024].
