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James Witter was buried in Hanover, Jamaica, 19/12/1768.
James Witter was listed in the Jamaican Quit Rent books for 1754 as the owner of 681 acres of land in Westmoreland.
James Witter of Hanover, Esquire. Estate probated in Jamaica in 1770. Slave-ownership at probate: 121 of whom 68 were listed as male and 53 as female. 27 were listed as boys, girls or children. Total value of estate at probate: £8945.2 Jamaican currency of which £7340.09 currency was the value of enslaved people. Estate valuation included £0 currency cash, £0 currency debts and £0 currency plate.
Familysearch.org, Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 [database online].
'A List of landholders in the Island of Jamaica together with the number of acres each person possessed taken from the quit rent books in the year 1754', TNA CO 142/31 transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples2/1754lead.htm.
Trevor Burnard, Database of Jamaican inventories, 1674-1784.
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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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1759 [EA] - 1759 [LA] → Owner
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1769 [EA] - 1772 [LA] → Previous owner
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Father → Daughter
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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:
'James Witter of Mosquito Cove', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146650651 [accessed 23rd December 2024].
