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Awarded a part-share in the compensation for ownership of enslaved persons on Virgin Valley estate in Clarendon, Jamaica, as one of the representatives of Charles Gordon Gray (q.v.). Given as J.R.A. Gray but almost certainly John Robert A'Court Gray, surviving son of Charles Gordon Gray.
T71/873 St James claim no. 172 (Virgin Valley).
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Absentee?
British/Irish?
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£2,820 6s 3d
Awardee
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Son → Father
Notes →
J. R. A. Gray has been inferred by LBS to be John Robert A'Court Gray, the son of Charles Grodon Gray....
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Son → Mother
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1781 - 14th Jun 1863
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family. London and Bristol merchant and banker (Baillie, Ames & Baillie), major recipient of slave compensation across the Caribbean.
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:
'J. R. A. Gray', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/-2079100353 [accessed 18th April 2024].
