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Identified as of Merton, Surrey in the compensation records. Unsuccessful counterclaimant for Tomlinson's estate in Antigua (for a debt of £6000), for Whites and Windwards on Montserrat and for another Montserrat claim. Very likely William White, eldest surviving son of Michael White of Montserrat and his first wife Mary nee Hussey. William White had inherited Tomlinson's from his father's first cousin Penelope Tomlinson (q.v.), a spinster who died in Antigua in 1806.
T71/877 Antigua claim nos. 111 (Tomlinson's), Montserrat claims nos. 174 and 178.
Langford Vere Oliver, History of the Island of Antigua (London, Mitchell and Hughes, 1894) Vol. 3 pp. 139-140 ('Pedigree of Tomlinson') and pp. 224-227 ('Pedigree of White').
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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£2,220 8s 11d
Unsuccessful claimant
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£3,425 2s 2d
Unsuccessful claimant
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£1,772 0s 3d
Unsuccessful claimant
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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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- 1797 [LA] → Heir-at-law
Inferred by LBS to have been William White the eldest son of Michael White of Montserrat; William White lost control of the Belleisle estate in 1797 and it was bought at auction by Michael White [II], probably his brother. |
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William was very likely the son of Penelope's first cousin Michael White and his first wife Mary nee...
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Half-brother and sister. William was the son of Michael White's first wife Mary nee Hussey and Elizabeth was the daughter of Michael White's second wife Mary nee...
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Half-brother and sister. William was the son of Michael White's first wife Mary nee Hussey and Lydia was the daughter of Michael White's second wife Mary nee...
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Merton, Surrey, London, England
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1788 - 1876
Irish merchant, slave-owner and philanthropist.
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.
© Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2024
CITING THIS RECORD:
'William White', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146631394/ [accessed 6th December 2024].
