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Thomas Hordle

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1808

Biography

Merchant of Barbados, reportedly also slave-owner through the purchase of Thorpe's and Oxnards c. 1791, and probably the slave-trader with three voyages between 1798 and 1800.


Sources

Caribbeana Vol. II pp. 42 and 301 showed him as dying in January 1808, and as the brother-in-law of Jarratt Ham[p]den; TASTDB shows Thomas Hordle as the owner in voyages nos. 82597, 82598 and 82599, all of the ship the Mary, two from Barbados in 1799-1800 and one from London in 1798.

Associated Estates (2)

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:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1788 [EA] - 1788 [LA] → Executor
Thorpe's and Oxnard's [ Barbados | St James ]
1791 [SY] - → Owner
Thorpe's and Oxnard's [ Barbados | St James ]

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Barbados
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