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Hugh White II

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1780

Biography

Second son of Hugh White I, merchant of Jamaica. Matriculated Glasgow University in 1757. The Bluefields and Clayfield estates in Westmoreland were registered to the heirs of Hugh White in the Accounts Produce of 1782. The Bluefields estate at least had previously belonged to his father.

  1. Hugh White of Westmoreland, Esquire. Estate probated in Jamaica in 1780. Slave-ownership at probate: 79 of whom 40 were listed as male and 39 as female. 0 were listed as boys, girls or children. Total value of estate at probate: £9929.21 Jamaican currency of which £5420 currency was the value of enslaved people. Estate valuation included £0 currency cash, £797.99 currency debts and £0 currency plate.

Sources

http://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/biography/?id=WH25654&type=P [accessed 20/03/2017].

  1. Trevor Burnard, Database of Jamaican inventories, 1674-1784.

Further Information

University
University of Glasgow [1757 ]

Associated Estates (2)

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
- 1782 [EY] → Previous owner
Bluefields [ Jamaica | Westmoreland ]
1780 [EA] - 1791 [LA] → Previous owner
Clayfield [ Jamaica | Westmoreland ]

Relationships (1)

Hugh White II
Son → Father
Hugh White I
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Inventories (1)

Hugh White Esquire
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