West India merchant
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Dissolution of partnership beween Henry Jefferson, Robert Jefferson and Wm Richardson as West India merchants at Whitehaven under the firm of Jeffersons and Richardson 1st day December last (i.e. 1817) 9/4/1818
Dissolutions of the partnerships between Henry Jefferson the elder, Robert Jefferson and Henry Jefferson the younger as Wine and Spirits Merchants under the firm of Henry Jefferson & Sons and as West India Merchants under the firm of Henry and Robert Jefferson: the business to be carried on by Robert Jefferson and Henry Jefferson the younger, 5/6/1827
Retirement of Henry Jefferson of Rothsersyke from the partnership with Henry Jefferson of Springfield and Robert Jefferson at Whitehaven as Wine and spirit merchants, Shipowners and West India merchants, under style or firm of Robert and Henry Jefferson to be carried on by Henry Jefferson of Springfield and Robert Jefferson , 11/2/1875
Retirement of Robert Jefferson of Rothersyke Egremont from partnership with Robert Jefferson of Rosehill Whitehaven as Wine and spirit merchants under style of Robert and Henry Jefferson, to be continued by Robert Jefferson of Rosehill in partnership with Joseph Hugh Jefferson of Saint Helens Cockermouth 1/6/1896
Henry Jefferson of Springfield died 27/11/1896: Joseph Hugh Jefferson late of Hundith hill Cockermouth Wine Merchant died 6/1/1921.
London Gazette 17352 21/4/1818 p. 722
London Gazette 18369 12/6/1827 p. 1275
London Gazette 24181 16/2/1875 p. 670
London Gazette 26747 9/6/1896 p. 3406
London Gazette 26829 5/3/1897 p. 1354
1761 - ????
"Free quadroon woman" and mother of eleven children; independently wealthy, perhaps through legacies left her by her partners James Tierney (died 1784) and Ebenezer Robertson (died 1825).
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.
