19th May 1765 - ????
William Johnson senior registered 18 enslaved people in Clarendon, Jamaica, as executor of James Collins Barton, deceased, in 1817.
Presumably the same person as the James Collins Barton born 19/05/1765 and baptised 16/08/1765 in Kingston, Jamaica, son of Jeremiah and Sarah Barton.
T71/57 p.745.
Familysearch.org, Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 [database online].
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1817 [EA] - → Previous owner
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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.
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CITING THIS RECORD:
'James Collins Barton', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146633860 [accessed 9th January 2025].
