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Jesse Curling of St Mary Rotherhithe

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1817

Biography

London merchant, mortgagee-in-possession of the Smithfield Wharf property (and the enslaved people attached to it) of William Beckford of Somerley (q.v.) and then a trustee of William Beckford of Somerley's property. Jesse Curling had a single recorded slaving voyage starting from London and ending at Jamaica in 1791 with Robert Curling, John Curling, John Deffell and Rose Fuller, in a ship named the Earl of Effingham.

  1. The will of Jesse Curling of St Mary Rotherhithe merchant proved 26/03/1817 is silent on slave-property. dealing mainly with residential property in Paradise Row in Rotherhithe and with provision for his daughter Elizabeth and son Jesse Curling of Bermondsey (q.v.).

Sources

SlaveVoyages.org database online. 'Earl of Effingham': Voyage ID 81111 [accessed 15/02/2024]. 1. PROB 11/1590/425

Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish
Spouse
Married but no further details
Children
Jesse

Associated Estates (3)

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:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1801 [EA] - 1801 [LA] → Trustee
Hertford [ Jamaica | Westmoreland ]

Trustee with George Hibbert and Edward Fuhr for William Beckford of Somerley.

1801 [EA] - 1801 [LA] → Trustee
Roaring River [ Jamaica | Westmoreland ]

Trustee with George Hibbert and Edward Fuhr of William Beckford of Somerley.

1787 [EA] - 1789 [LA] → Mortgagee-in-Possession
Smithfield Wharf / Pen [ Jamaica | Westmoreland ]

Relationships (1)

Jesse Curling of St Mary Rotherhithe
Father → Son
Jesse Curling of Bermondsey
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Addresses (1)

Rotherhithe, Surrey, South-east England, England
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