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Given as John Weyberg Shaw in the Slave Registers. Son-in-law of John Elmslie (q.v.) and partner with the latter's son Adam Wallace Elmslie (q.v.) until their failure c. 1824.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Spouse
Elizabeth Bridget Elmlsie
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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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1823 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Owner
Listed as owner in 1823 in the slave registers, thereafter the estate is subject to a Chancery suit. The estate is given against John Weyberg Shaw in the almanacs until 1839 so presumably he had not relinquished his claim to ownership. |
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1823 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Owner
Listed as owner in 1823 in the slave registers, thereafter the estate is subject to a Chancery suit. The estate is given against John Weyberg Shaw in the almanacs until 1839 so presumably he had not relinquished his claim to ownership. |
Commercial (1) |
Name partner
Elmslie & Shaw
West India merchant |
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Trustee → Testator
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Son-in-law → Father-in-law
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Business partners
Notes →
Also...
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1788 - 1876
Irish merchant, slave-owner and philanthropist.
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.
© Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2024
CITING THIS RECORD:
'John Wybergh Shaw', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146646255 [accessed 22nd December 2024].
