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Attorney in Jamaica. Deceased by 1837.
Partnership commenced 01/01/1828 between James Forsyth and J. Townson.
Will of James Forsyth of St Andrew Surrey [Jamaica] [made in 1835] proved 05/12/1840. He left his wife Mary Ann an annuity of £300 p.a., and his reputed son George Forsyth a legacy of £500 currency. His residuary heirs were his son James Forsyth and daughter Eliza Forsyth.
Related in some way to Elizabeth Forsyth who died before 1832 and who was probably the heir of George Mills of Cooper's Hill in St Andrew.
Death-date and wife's maiden name are taken from online genealogical sources; see B. W. Higman, Plantation Jamaica 1750-1850: capital and control in a colonial economy (Mona, Jamaica, University of West Indies Press, 2005) pp. 66-67 for James Forsyth as attorney in St Thomas-in-the-East for 9 properties in 1832.
Royal Gazette (Jamaica) 22/03/1828.
PROB 11/1929/107.
See estate information for Cooper's Hill.
We are grateful to Jim Brennan for his assistance with compiling this entry.
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Spouse
Mary Ann Guy
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Children
James, Eliza
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£174 18s 9d
Awardee
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£517 14s 2d
Awardee
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£1,602 17s 5d
Awardee (Executor or executrix)
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£1,673 10s 8d
Awardee (Receiver)
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£3,544 9s 10d
Awardee (Mortgagee)
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£448 7s 1d
Deceased claimant successful
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£3,179 11s 4d
Awardee (Receiver)
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£2,002 4s 11d
Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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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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1832 [EA] - → Trustee
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1829 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Attorney
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1826 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Receiver
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1832 [EA] - → Attorney
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1832 [EA] - → Trustee
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1826 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Executor
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1826 [EA] - → Administrator
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1826 [EA] - → Agent
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1826 [EA] - → Buyer
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1829 [EA] - → Other
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1823 [EA] - → Not known
Probably attorney, possibly receiver. |
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1829 [EA] - → Receiver
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1832 [EA] - → Trustee
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1826 [EA] - → Executor
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1832 [EA] - → Attorney
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1826 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Receiver
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1826 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Attorney
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1834 [EA] - → Administrator
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1817 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Receiver
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1834 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
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1826 [EA] - → Executor
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1829 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Attorney
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1829 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Receiver
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1829 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Attorney
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1826 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Receiver
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1820 [EA] - → Attorney
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1823 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Trustee
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1823 [EA] - → Attorney
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1829 [EA] - → Owner
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1829 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Attorney
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1826 [EA] - → Attorney
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1820 [EA] - → Owner
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1826 [EA] - → Executor
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1823 [EA] - → Other
Previous owner of some of these enslaved people. |
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Father → Son
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Husband → Wife
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Business partners
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1787 - 1835
Daughter of "free Mulatto" lodging-house-keeper Jane Charlotte Beckford (c. 1759-1825); possibly the daughter of George Ffrench, Clerk to the Jamaica Assembly. Spinster; independently wealthy slave-owner.
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:
'James Forsyth', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/13987 [accessed 18th April 2024].
