UCL

John Racker Webb

Profile & Legacies Summary

1760 - 1830

Slave-owner and antecedent of claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Owner of Shirehampton estate, Manchester, Jamaica, for which compensation was claimed by his son Thomas Webb (q.v.) and sons-in-law George Bowley Medley (q.v.) and Robert Padmore or Podmore Clark (q.v.).

  1. Died 1830, age 70, in Keynsham, Jamaica. Three reputed children with Mary Wint, (q.v.): Hester born 24/09/1804 (who married George Bowley Medley (q.v.)), Mary born 28/11/1799 (who married Robert Padmore Clark (q.v.)) and Thomas Webb (q.v.) born 04/06/1798. He had another daughter, Ann Webb, born 28/09/1788, with Jane Webb (a "free Negro"), baptised in St Elizabeth 13/12/1803.

Sources

T71/860 Manchester No. 228.

  1. http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/rwebb.htm [accessed 03/10/2011]. Familysearch.org, Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 [database online].

We are grateful to Andrea Azan for her assistance with compiling this entry.

Further Information

Children
[Illeg., by Jane Webb] Ann (1788-); [illeg., by Mary Wint] Thomas (1798-), Mary (1799-), Hester (1804-)

Associated Claims (1)

Jamaica Manchester 228 (Shirehampton)
£2,068 0s 6d
Other association
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Associated Estates (12)

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
1807 [EA] - 1808 [LA] → Attorney
Aberdeen [ Jamaica | St Elizabeth ]
1817 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Executor
Arnon's Vale [ Jamaica | Manchester ]
1817 [EA] - → Attorney
Island [ Jamaica | St Elizabeth ]
1817 [EA] - 1830 [EY] → Owner
Keynsham [ Jamaica | Manchester ]
1832 [EA] - → Previous owner
Keynsham [ Jamaica | Manchester ]
1817 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Owner
Look Out [ Jamaica | Manchester ]
1817 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Executor
Mount Prospect [ Jamaica | Manchester ]
1817 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Owner
Rosely Hill [ Jamaica | St Elizabeth ]
1817 [EA] - 1830 [LA] → Owner
Shirehampton [ Jamaica | Manchester ]
1832 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Previous owner
Shirehampton [ Jamaica | Manchester ]
1817 [EA] - → Executor
Unknown [ Jamaica | Manchester ]
1817 [EA] - → Attorney
Windsor [ Jamaica | St Elizabeth ]

Relationships (5)

John Racker Webb
Father → Natural Son
Thomas Webb
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John Racker Webb
Father-in-law → Son-in-law
George Bowley Medley
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John Racker Webb
Father-in-law → Son-in-law
Robert Podmore Clark
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John Racker Webb
Father → Natural Daughter
Ann Webb
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John Racker Webb
Extra-marital relationships
Mary Wint
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