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Owner of Woodside in St Mary, Jamaica. Died in 1800 and was buried in the Woodside Anglican churchyard. The estate was inherited by his son William John Neilson, then a minor, and subject to an annuity to John's wife Frances Maidstone Neilson. By 1834 the annuity was in arrears and most of the slave compensation was awarded to Frances Maidstone Neilson.
T71/856 St Mary claim no. 457. Erna Brodber, Woodside, Pear Tree Grove P.O. (Mona, Jamaica: The University of the West Indies Press, 2004) pp. 10, 34, 45.
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Absentee?
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Spouse
Frances Maidstone
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Children
Wiliam John
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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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- 1800 [EY] → Owner
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1803 [EA] - 1811 [LA] → Previous owner
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Husband → Wife
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Father → Son
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Father-in-law → Daughter-in-law
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1787 - 1861
Enslaved boy on Unity Valley Pen, Jamaica. Manumitted in 1795 by David Barclay and removed to Philadelphia, with 29 other freed persons from the estate, where he was placed under the care of Society for Improving the Condition of Free Blacks.
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 Neilson of Woodside', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146646129 [accessed 11th October 2024].
