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"Of Eliotts", Antiguan planter. Dead by 1821. His heirs were awarded compensation for 2 large claims in Antigua in trust, the second of which - Eliots - appears to have been purchased or possibly seized as security by his heirs c. 1828 from the Eliot family.
T71/877 Antigua claim nos. 42 (Eliotts) and 88 ((Cochrane's, St Paul's). Langford Vere Oliver, History of the Island of Antigua (London, Mitchell and Hughes, 1894) Vol. 1 pp. 272-277, 'Pedigree of French'.
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Spouse
(1) Rebecca Kenyon (2) Sarah Lee Harris
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Children
With (1) Ashton Warner (1785-1785), Thomas Kenyon (1786-1788), Juliana (1782-1784). With (2) Sarah (1795-), Sarah (1797-), Jane Kelsick (1798-), Robert (1801-1804), George William (1805-), Henry (1807-1843), Octavia (1810-), Margaret Elizabeth (1819-)
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Occupation
Planter
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£3,353 12s 4d
Previous owner
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£2,322 12s 0d
Previous owner
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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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1817 [EA] - 1817 [LA] → Owner
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1821 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Previous owner
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1832 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Previous owner
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Husband → Wife
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Father-in-law → Son-in-law
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Father → Son
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Father → Daughter
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Father → Son
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1759 - 1820
Enslaved woman on Caliviny Estate in Grenada; also listed as a slave-owner herself.
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:
'Robert French', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146631457/ [accessed 20th April 2024].
