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Apparently resident slave-owner of Jamaica, recorded as moving to half-pay Deputy Assistant Commissary General 25/04/1815, and still of that status c. 1840. The baptism of a daughter, Mary Robinson, was registered to Augustus Facey Robinson and Eliza Spooner at Kingston Jamaica 15/02/1819. Named in the will of his father William Robinson of Friendship estate, St Elizabeth, proved 1809.
A List of the Officers of the Army and of the Corps of Royal Marines By Great Britain. War Office (1821) p. 376; ibid, (1840) p. 371. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VH6C-N1B [accessed 16/02/2017]; Will of William Robinson of Saint Elizabeth County of Cornwall Island of Jamaica, West Indies proved 11/04/1809.
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Absentee?
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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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1820 [EA] - 1828 [LA] → Owner
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1817 [EA] - → Joint owner
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Son → Father
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Successful planter in British Guiana and Grenada; part of a close-knit mixed-race family with numerous business interests.
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:
'Augustus Facey Robinson', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146637969/ [accessed 20th April 2024].
