26th Jan 1804 - ????
William Thomas March, son of Mary Luisa Willis Thomas Matthews, born 26/01/1804 and baptised in St Catherine, Jamaica, 17/06/1804, and almost certainly a free man of colour. A member of the House of Assembly, later Secretary of Jamaica and a naturalist.
Assumed to be one of the ten children of Mary Louisa Willis Thomas Matthews, 'free mestee'. Baptism records have been found for three of the children, but they are all listed as slave-owners in St Catherine. Most of the children spent at least some time as absentees in their childhoods, presumably in Britain.
Familysearch.org, Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 [database online]; Catherine Levy, 'William Thomas March, 1804-1872', https://www.academia.edu/3993413/William_Thomas_March_1804_1872 [accessed 03/01/2022].
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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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1823 [EA] - → Joint owner
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1820 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Trust beneficiary
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1826 [EA] - → Agent
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1826 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Joint owner
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1826 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Owner
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Brothers
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Brother → Sister
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Brother → Sister
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Brother → Sister
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???? - 1848
Successful planter in British Guiana and Grenada; part of a close-knit mixed-race family with numerous business interests.
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:
'William Thomas March', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146652061 [accessed 28th April 2024].
