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Slave-owner and attorney in Jamaica, apparently resident, and still alive at the time of the death of his wife Helen nee Ritchie in 1841, who herself brought slave-property to the marriage.
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Spouse
Helen
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£3,911 3s 7d
Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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£552 8s 2d
Awardee
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£819 8s 11d
Awardee
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£579 13s 1d
Awardee
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£42 7s 5d
Awardee
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£29 3s 1d
Awardee
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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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1826 [EA] - → Executor
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1829 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Attorney
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1826 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Executor
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1826 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Joint owner
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1829 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Receiver
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1832 [EA] - → Lessee
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1829 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Receiver
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1826 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Attorney
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1823 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Receiver
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1829 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Owner
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1820 [EA] - → Attorney
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1820 [EA] - → Attorney
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1823 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Owner
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1832 [EA] - → Tenant-in-common
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1829 [EA] - → Attorney
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Husband → Wife
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Son-in-law → Father-in-law
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1789 - 14th Mar 1860
Possibly the first 'ethnic minority' MP to be elected (in 1832) to the House of Commons.
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.
© Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2024
CITING THIS RECORD:
'William Heath', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/22955 [accessed 5th October 2024].
