1796 - 1839
One of Booker brothers moving to British Guiana; arrived c 1826, attorney at Carleton Hall, 'developing' two cattle farms at Pln Prospect and Pln Mulheim, and took over from Josias Booker as attorney of Broom Hall 1827.
Died of yellow fever 1839: officially unmarried 'but according to some records he left four children'.
T71/885 British Guiana claim no. 609.
Judy Slinn and Jennifer Tanburn, The Booker Story (Andover, Jarrold Publishing, 2003) pp. 9, 16.
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Attorney
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£560 19s 7d
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Brothers
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Brothers
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Brothers
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9th Oct 1760 - 1801
Prominent Liverpool merchant and slave-trader
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:
'William Booker', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/8045 [accessed 26th November 2024].
