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Probably the same man as Robert MacKay (q.v.). Will of Robert Mackay planter of British Guiana proved 19/12/1853. The will identifed him as a native of Farr in the county of Sutherland. Among the legacies under the will was £2000 to his daughter Rosina Hughina [?] Mackay 'the same now being vested in shares in the Grand Junction Railway in England under the direction of Messrs John Gladstone & Co.'
PROB 11/2182/276.
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Name in compensation records
Robert M'Kay
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£1,372 4s 2d
Awardee
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1774 - 1832
Head driver on Great Valley estate in Hanover, Jamaica. Executed by hanging following Sam Sharpe's War.
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:
'Robert McKay', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/8499 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
