1785 - 1833
Francis Cheesman [sometimes given as Cheeseman] , b. 1785, St. Joseph, Barbados, died February 1833, married Rebecca Richards Farmer, born 1789, St. Joseph, Barbados, died 1886, St. Michael, Barbados aged 97. They married, 1 December 1809, St. Joseph, Barbados and appear to have had two daughters - Mary Payne (b. St George, 1818) and Elizabeth (b. St George, 9 June 1821) - and a son Richard Brathwaite Chees[e]man.
There is potential confusion at present over the evolutions of the estates given under Francis Cheeseman under Belmont and Redland and Unknown [BA8206]: these represent at the most two estates between the three evolutions.
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Spouse
Rebecca Richard Cheeseman
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Children
Richard Brathwaite Cheesemen (died 1835)
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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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1827 [EA] - 1833 [LA] → Owner
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1817 [EA] - 1817 [LA] → Owner
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1823 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Owner
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1826 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Owner
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Father → Daughter
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Father-in-law → Son-in-law
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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.
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CITING THIS RECORD:
'Francis Cheesman', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146645649/ [accessed 16th April 2024].
