1776 - 1814
Merchant of Kingston, dying of Knightsbridge in 1814. His holdings of enslaved people have not yet been traced by LBS.
Will of John Bourke [formerly of Kingston Jamaica but now] of Knightsbridge proved 08/11/1814. Among other monetary legacies he left his father John Wall [sp?] Bourke of Co. Limerick an annuity of £40 p.a. He left unspecified 'slave-property' including plantations and enslaved people in trust to be disposed of.
1814 October 28 At Knightsbridge aged 38 [Death of] John Bourke late of Kingston Jamaica.
PROB 11/1562/95.
Caribbeana Vol. III p. 24, from Gentleman's Magazine.
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Absentee?
Transatlantic
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Spouse
Georgiana Reeve
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Knightsbridge, London, Middlesex, London, England
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1729 - 1809
Quaker merchant and banker, abolitionist who manumitted enslaved people in Jamaica
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:
'John Bourke of Kingston Jamaica and Knightsbridge', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146660881 [accessed 2nd May 2024].
