West India merchant (Colonial - Caribbean)
NB Although this is highly likely to have been Robert Taylor (senior) of Ember Court as partner in Hibbert, Taylors and Simpson (and his son Robert Taylor (b. c. 1793) was perhaps too young to have been a partner in 1817), there were also other Robert Taylors connected with Jamaica at this time, notably Robert Taylor of Kirktonhill (d. 1857) and Robert Taylor of Broomland near Dumfries (d. 1841).
Continuation of Hibbert, Taylors & Simpson (q.v.).
Dissolution of co-partnership of Taylors and Simpson of Kingston Jamaica merchants took place 31/12/1817: William Taylor, Robert Taylor, James Simpson
The co-partnership of Simpson, Taylor & Co., dissolved 31/12/1833 by mutual consent. Signed by James Simpson, Simon Taylor, Wm Chrystie at Kingston Jamaica 19/3/1834.
The partnership of William Chrystie, James Porteous and James Carson was dissolved 31/12/1843.
London Gazette 17386 8/8/1818 p. 1424
London Gazette 19160 3/6/1834 p. 1006
London Gazette 20395 18/10/1844 p. 3574
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.
