30th Oct 1765 - 6th Apr 1813
Son of James Irving the elder and his wife Elizabeth nee Motte. Born at Ironshore, Jamaica, in 1765. Educated at a school in Kensington, England, from a young age, where he was living when his father died in 1775. Probably in the Royal Navy as a young man. In Jamaica in 1795, by which time he had acquired an estate in South Carolina called The Grove. Married Susannah, daughter of Richard Prince of Feversham, Cambridgeshire, in Jamaica 10/03/1796. Managed Ironshore and Hartfield from about 1793 to 1803. Moved to America in 1803. Died in Philadelphia, 06/04/1813.
Sir Aemilius Irving (ed.), James Irving of Ironshore and his descendants 1713-1918, ed. L. Homfray Irving (Toronto, Canada, College Press Limited, 1918) pp. 31-35.
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Absentee?
USA
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Spouse
Susannah Prince
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Children
John Beaufinn II, Lucy Ann
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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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04/11/1775 [SD] - 06/04/1813 [ED] → Tenant-in-common
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04/11/1775 [SD] - 06/04/1813 [ED] → Tenant-in-common
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04/11/1775 [SD] - 06/04/1813 [ED] → Tenant-in-common
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Brother-in-laws
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Brother-in-laws
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Son → Father
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Brothers
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Brothers
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Brothers
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Uncle → Nephew
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Uncle → Nephew
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Uncle → Nephew
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Father → Son
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Uncle → Nephew
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA - United States of America
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Charleston, South Carolina, USA - United States of America
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1787 - 8th Apr 1844
Yorkshire landowner.
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 Beaufinn Irving I', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146644467 [accessed 22nd December 2024].
