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Gabriel Jemmott or Jemmett

Profile & Legacies Summary

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Biography

Slave-owner on Barbados, resident there. Carlisle House, his Bridgetown residence, became the Barbados General Hospital, opened in 1844.


Sources

'The former residence of Colonel Gabriel Jemmott (after whom Jemmott’s Lane was named), “Carlisle House” located on Jemmott’s Lane, was purchased for the sum of £2,500.00 to provide a home for the hospital. The rooms were converted into wards, residences and offices and a new block was added', http://www.barbmuse.org.bb/web/2015/06/this-day-in-history-july-1-1844/ [accessed 23/08/2018].

Associated Estates (2)

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:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1798 [SY] - 1829 [EY] → Owner
Bennetts / Giddy Hall [ Barbados | St Thomas ]
1799 [SY] - 1802 [EY] → Owner
Mangrove Pond (and Giddy Hall) [ Barbados | St Thomas ]