Thomas Spicer or Spycer

1. Resident slave-owner and attorney in Jamaica. Born c. 1782; immigrated to Jamaica c. 1809; died aged 45 in c. 1827. His will was attested in Jamaica 01/11/1827 though not proved in London until 1831.

2. Will of Thomas Spicer of Island of Jamaica proved 29/01/1831. Under the will he left £500 each to his sisters Julia Ann Spicer of Harefield and Lydia Spicer of Ruislip, £200 to his brother William of London and £200 to his niece Sarah Ann Spicer, daughter of Joseph Spicer of London. He left £50 current to a 'free sambo woman' Ellen Cairns, together with his furniture and household goods, which in a codicil he rescinded on account of her 'bad behaviour' towards him. After two other monetary legacies of £50 he instructed that his interest in the True Blue estate be sold and the proceeds form part of his residuary estate, the heir to which was his brother Joseph Spicer.

We are grateful to Emily Bolton for assistance in compiling this entry.

1. British Newspaper Archives. Obituary of Thomas Spicer in the Englishman, 27/01/1828, p. 4.

2. PROB 11/1780/434