24th Nov 1791 - ????
John Pierce Tayler, born 24/11/1791 and baptised 02/04/1810 at Keynsham estate (then in St Elizabeth, Jamaica). Son of Thomas Weir Tayler, owner of Auchenbeddie, and Ann Pierce, "a free mulatto". A slave-owner in his own right by 1817, he signed the slave registers by mark. Inherited £50 sterling in the will of his father, who died c. 1829. Married Henrietta Mure, a free person of colour, in St Elizabeth, 05/12/1830.
Familysearch.org, Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 [database online]; see separate entry for Thomas Weir Tayler senior.
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Spouse
Henrietta Mure
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£134 12s 3d
Awardee
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£26 12s 2d
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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:
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1823 [EA] - 1844 [LA] → Owner
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1817 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Owner
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Natural Son → Mother
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Half-brother → Half-sister
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Half-brother → Half-sister
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1785 - 4th Jan 1846
Yorkshire-born wife of the Acting Governor of Dominica in the 1800s.
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:
'John Pierce Tayler', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/17695 [accessed 26th December 2024].
