1796 - 1875
Resident medical practitioner in Jamaica, son of William Downer II of Snow Hill in Portland, and reported to have sold that estate and the enslaved people on it by 1820. His son George William Downer became Archdeacon of Kingston.
D.R. Downer, Downers of America (Newark, 1900) pp. 224-225.
We are grateful to James Downer for his help with this entry.
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Name in compensation records
George P.M. Downer
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Spouse
Isabel Anne Lindsay
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Occupation
Physician
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£256 8s 6d
Awardee
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£30 19s 2d
Awardee
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£587 4s 9d
Awardee
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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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1829 [EA] - → Other
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1829 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Owner
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- 1820 [LA] → Previous owner
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1823 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Executor
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Brothers
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Nephew → Uncle
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Other relatives
Notes →
Father and son or grandfather and...
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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 Pierrepont Maxwell Downer', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/13088/ [accessed 19th April 2024].
