7th Aug 1791 - ????
Baptised in Kingston, 10/09/1791, third son of James Bicknell and his wife Margaret Powell Reynolds. Married Elizabeth Wilhelmina Brooks, daughter of William and Frances Brooks, 26/01/1818 in Pimento Mount.
http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/rbicknel.htm [accessed 25/07/2014], fully sourced.
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Spouse
Elizabeth Wilhelmina Brooks
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Children
James Brooks (1819-1821), Henry John (1820-1891), Margaret Powell (1823-). Brooks Virgo (1827-)
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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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1819 [EA] - 1825 [LA] → Not known
Bicknell's wife was tenant-in-tail for some of the enslaved people and Bicknell was apparently owner of others. |
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1817 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Owner
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Husband → Wife
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Son → Father
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???? - 29th Aug 1873
Free person of colour, slave-owner in Jamaica. Long-term partner and later wife of Thomas Legal Yates. Living in Britain from the mid-1830s until her death in 1873.
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:
'Henry Powell Bicknell', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146635703/ [accessed 18th April 2024].
