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Co-owner with Stephen Breary of Boro Bridge in Jamaica. He has not yet been further traced but his heir at law and executor Dr John Abraham Mason (q.v.) claimed the compensation for the enslaved people on the estate.
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Absentee?
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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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1811 [EA] - 1811 [LA] → Owner
The enslaved were registered to Abraham Mason in 1811, although the estate appears to have been jointly owned by Stephen Breary and his heirs |
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Deceased → Heir-at-law
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1761 - ????
"Free quadroon woman" and mother of eleven children; independently wealthy, perhaps through legacies left her by her partners James Tierney (died 1784) and Ebenezer Robertson (died 1825).
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:
'Abraham Mason', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146662509 [accessed 2nd February 2025].
