18th Oct 1817 - 1880
Son of John Bovell (q.v.). Physician and educationalist in Canada 1848-1870. Born in Barbados 18/10/1817. Moved to Nevis in the West Indies in 1871, ordained as a clergyman and worked as a curate then as a rector in Nevis until his death in 1880.
Living at Denison Avenue, Toronto, in the census of 1861, with his wife Julia and daughters Sarah Julia (age 22, born Ireland, currently on a visit to Barbados), Mary Emily Stokes, age 21, born Barbados, Alice James, age 19 [sic], born Barbados, and Laura Louisa Johnson age 11, born Canada.
Charles E. Dolman, 'James Bovell' in the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online, http://www.biographi.ca/EN/009004-119.01-e.php?id_nbr=4852.
1861 Canada census online.
We are grateful to Peter Selley for his assistance with compiling this entry.
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USA
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Physician
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Canada
sources → Charles E. Dolman, 'James Bovell' in the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online, <a...
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Denison Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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1781 - 1830
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family who had numerous mercantile connections in the West Indies. The compensation for Baillie's Bacolet in Grenada was awarded to the trustees of her marriage settlement. Grand-daughter of Colin Roy Campbell of Glenmure. Apparently a victim of the quack doctor John St John Lang of Harley Street in 1830.
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.
© Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2024
CITING THIS RECORD:
'James Bovell', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146630310/ [accessed 13th December 2024].
