George Codrington

George Codrington contributed £4 15s to the University of Pennsylvania following Dr John Morgan's fundraising tour of the West Indies in 1772-1773.

George Codrington of St Thomas-in-the-East, planter. Estate probated in Jamaica in 1782. Slave-ownership at probate: 22 of whom 12 were listed as male and 10 as female. 0 were listed as boys, girls or children. Total value of estate at probate: £1670 Jamaican currency of which £1625 currency was the value of enslaved people. Estate valuation included £0 currency cash, £0 currency debts and £0 currency plate.

William Smith, Joseph Hopkinson, and Plunket Fleeson Glentworth, Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania Minute Books, Volume 2, 1768-1779 p. 75, entry for 13/12/1773. Note amounts are in Jamaican currency.

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