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Colonel Richard Swarton was the father of Ann Swarton who married Nathaniel Phillips in 1761. He owned a half share in Pleasant Hill plantation with Nathaniel Phillips. On his death the estate passed to his daughter.
Richard Swarten and Philip Pinnock was listed in the Jamaican Quit Rent books for 1754 as the owner of 985 acres of land in St Thomas-in-the-East.
http://www.britishonlinearchives.co.uk/9781851171811.php
A List of landholders in the Island of Jamaica together with the number of acres each person possessed taken from the quit rent books in the year 1754', TNA CO 142/31 transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples2/1754lead.htm.
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Children
Ann Swarton b.1741/2 d.1766
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Will
Pleasant Hill was bequeathed to his daughter Ann and her heirs. |
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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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1761 [EA] - 1762 [LA] → Joint owner
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Son-in-law → Father-in-law
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1785 - 1854
Jamaican-born widow of a prominent slave-owner; resident in Britain following the death of her husband in 1818. Accused - and acquitted - of the cruel treatment of some enslaved people whom she brought to Britain with her.
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.
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CITING THIS RECORD:
'Colonel Richard Swarton', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146640771/ [accessed 18th April 2024].
