James Davoren

???? - 1835


Biography

Slave-owner on St Kitts, owner of Canada estate, dying around 1835. LBS has concluded he was the same man as the James Davoren active as Receiver of a number of estates on Nevis in the late 1820s and early 1830s, the connection made by the presence of Aston Davoren, son and executor of James Davoren, in claims related to James Davoren on both Nevis and St Kitts. James Davoren was shown as of Cheltenham in 1819 when he was briefly co-owner of a vessel built at Chepstow in that year named 'Rawlins', almost certainly named for his wife's family.

  1. James Davoren married "Miss RAWLINS of Nevis, daughter of Henry Rawlins, June 12, 1806."

Sources

Records of Bristol Ships 1800-1838, p. 80, https://www.bristol.ac.uk/Depts/History/bristolrecordsociety/publications/brs15.pdf [accessed 21/12/2020].

1. Caribbeana, being Miscellaneous Papers relating to the History, Genealogy, Topography and Antiquities of the British West Indies VoI. III, p. 106.


Associated Estates (10)

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
1817 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
1828 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Receiver
1828 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Receiver
1828 [EA] - 1831 [LA] → Attorney
1828 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Receiver
1828 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Receiver
1834 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Receiver
1828 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Receiver
1828 [EA] - 1831 [LA] → Attorney
1834 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Executor

Relationships (1)

Father → Son
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