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Slave-owner and attorney in St Ann Jamaica, apparently resident and dead by 1838.
The 1838 Jamaica Almanac shows Duncan Matheson deceased against the Inverness estate in St Ann. The will of Duncan Matheson advocate of Edinburgh proved 23/07/1838 PROB 11/1898/164 is for a different man.
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Absentee?
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Spouse
Susannah
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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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1817 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Attorney
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1829 [EA] - → Attorney
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1817 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Executor
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1829 [EA] - → Attorney
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1815 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
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1817 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Executor
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1829 [EA] - → Attorney
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1820 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Joint owner
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Husband → Wife
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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.
© Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2024
CITING THIS RECORD:
'Duncan Matheson or Mathison', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146641435/ [accessed 20th April 2024].
