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Owner of Lincoln and Spice Grove in Manchester, Jamaica. Deceased by 1817. Probably of West Butterwick, Lincolnshire, married to Christiana Robinson (whose burial at Owston Lincolnshire was recorded 28/09/1815 aged 83). Two of the counterclaimants to slave compensation under his will were John Johnson and his wife Evelina nee Robinson of Burton-upon-Strather in Lincolnshire; they have been found in the census of 1841 in Burton-upon-Strather and married there in 1824. Evelina may be the Evelina Robinson, daughter of John Robinson, who was baptised at Owston, Lincolnshire, 08/02/1802.
T71/860 Manchester claim no. 210 (Spice and Lincoln). 1841 census online. Familysearch.org batch nos. M02736-4 and C02230-8..
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Absentee?
British/Irish?
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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] - 1834 [LA] → Previous owner
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1817 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Previous owner
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1809 [EA] - 1811 [LA] → Owner
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Father-in-law → Son-in-law
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Father → Daughter
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West Butterwick, Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England
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???? - 29th Aug 1873
Free person of colour, slave-owner in Jamaica. Long-term partner and later wife of Thomas Legal Yates. Living in Britain from the mid-1830s until her death in 1873.
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:
'John Robinson', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146642151 [accessed 7th December 2024].
