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Alexander Foxcroft Ridgway Accountant of Leicester Square was appointed as trustee of the minor Benjmain Leach for an award in British Guiana.
T71/887 British Guiana no. 2200.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Occupation
Accountant
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£279 0s 0d
Awardee (Trustee)
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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:
'Alexander Foxcroft Ridgway', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146631322 [accessed 30th April 2024].
