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Executor of Robert Pulsford (q.v.) of Robert & William Pulsford and Company (q.v.). William Pulsford of Great St Helens had married a Martha Hobson by licence in 1805 at Tottenham All Hallows.
Ancestry.com, London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 [database on-line].
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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£2,921 16s 0d
Awardee (Executor or executrix)
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£952 1s 6d
Awardee (Executor or executrix)
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1785 - 1854
Jamaican-born widow of a prominent slave-owner; resident in Britain following the death of her husband in 1818. Accused - and acquitted - of the cruel treatment of some enslaved people whom she brought to Britain with her.
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:
'Joshua Hobson', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/14662 [accessed 22nd December 2024].
