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"The Honble William Brown proprietor of Kew Estate died 6th of Decr. and was buried the 7th at the Church Yard."
Familysearch.org, Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 [database online], Hanover, Baptisms, marriages, burials 1725-1839, image 80 of 128.
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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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1810 [EA] - 1815 [LA] → Owner
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1809 [EA] - 1815 [LA] → Owner
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1817 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Previous owner
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Father → Son
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Father → Daughter
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1789 - 14th Mar 1860
Possibly the first 'ethnic minority' MP to be elected (in 1832) to the House of Commons.
The Buff Bay plantation was a sugar estate next to the Buff Bay River, south of Charlestown in Jamaica. By 1839, the estate was 840 acres.
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CITING THIS RECORD:
'Hon. William Brown', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146634232 [accessed 30th November 2023].
