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Brother of Cecilia Blake (q.v.). He contested the transfer of the Mount William estate to the family of his step-father Malachy O'Connor (his father's cousin and mortgagee).
National Library of Ireland, John Sweetman Papers, http://www.nli.ie/pdfs/mss%20lists/156_SweetmanPapers.pdf [accessed 15/11/2017].
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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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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1822 [EA] - 1825 [LA] → Joint owner
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Brother → Sister
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Step-son → Step-father
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Son → Mother
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1774 - 1832
Head driver on Great Valley estate in Hanover, Jamaica. Executed by hanging following Sam Sharpe's War.
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:
'Martin Blake', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146654197/ [accessed 19th April 2024].
