1769 - ????
Born Cambridge Mass., owner of Long Lane Delap's on Antigua and through his wife Gravenor's also on Antigua, and dying between 1828 and 1830. Father of Joseph Lavicount (q.v.); presumably John Lavicount Anderdon (q.v.) was his or his father's namesake. In 1824, 208 enslaved people were registered by Samuel Warner atty of John Lavicount on an unnamed estate on Antigua, almost certainly Long Lane Delap's. Husband of Ann Gravenor Buckley.
Vere Langford Oliver History of Antigua Vol II part ii pp. 164-165.
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Absentee?
USA?
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Spouse
Anne Gravenor Buckley
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Children
Joseph; Frederick King; Caroline; Augusta; 1 other s., 1 other d.
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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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1815 [EA] - 1815 [LA] → Joint owner
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1817 [EA] - 1828 [LA] → Owner
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1832 [EA] - → Previous owner
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Legatee → Testator
Notes →
In his will proved in 1759, Benjamin King entailed his estates on John Levicount [sic] of Antigua, who was presumably the father of John Lavicount (b. 1769). ...
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Father → Son
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Other relatives
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John Lavicount married Ann Gravenor Buckley, the grand-daughter and co-remainderman for Gravenor's estate under the will of her grandfather....
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Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA - United States of America
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Richmond Terrace, Clifton, Bristol, Gloucestershire, South-west England, England
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Shown as of Richmond Terrace Clifton in an 1815 deed with his wife Ann Gravenor |
1791 - 1862
Free woman of colour; left Demerara in 1812 as a young woman and settled in Starthforth, Yorkshire, where she died in 1862.
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:
'John Lavicount', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146639813/ [accessed 19th April 2024].
