1787 - 1851
Resident slave-owner, 'sugar planter, merchant and speaker of the house of Assembly of St Kitts,' father of [Sir] Archibald Paull Burt (q.v.).
George Henry Burt, in his will dated 29/07/1847, bequeathed '"all my real and personal estate of all and any nature soever unto my Son Archibald Paull Burt and my Son in Law Francis Spencer Wigley to have and to hold the same to them their heirs executors administrators and assigns respectively as Tenants in Common for ever and I hereby appoint the said Archibald Paull Burt and Francis Spencer Wigley Executors of this my will ...". It was registered in the St Christopher Registry of Deeds Calendar of Entries commencing no 10509 March 19 1841, no 20701.'
Quote from https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Burt-1791 [accessed 26/11/2018].
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Spouse
Married but no further details
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Children
Archibald Paull
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£141 4s 1d
Awardee
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£1,028 9s 0d
Unsuccessful claimant
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£273 18s 9d
Awardee
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£2,566 5s 5d
Unsuccessful claimant
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£3,686 8s 2d
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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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1825 [EA] - 1825 [LA] → Joint owner
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1828 [SY] - 1834 [EY] → Owner
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1830 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
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1834 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Joint owner
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Father → Son
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Father-in-law → Son-in-law
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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.
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CITING THIS RECORD:
'George Henry Burt', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/25516 [accessed 16th April 2024].
