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William Mitchell and his brothers Rowland and Samuel Mitchell (each of whom q.v.) were the executors of the will of William 'King' Mitchell (q.v.), who died in 1823, leaving among other legacies £10,000 to William Mitchell's wife Jemima and their children. The younger William was shown as deceased in the will of his brother Samuel Mitchell made in 1829, but no death-date or probate has yet been traced for him.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Spouse
Jemima
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Children
William Murray; John Henry
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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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1823 [EA] - → Mortgagee-in-Possession
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1829 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Joint owner
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1831 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Previous owner
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Nephew → Uncle
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Son → Father
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Brothers
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Brothers
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1789 - 14th Mar 1860
Possibly the first 'ethnic minority' MP to be elected (in 1832) to the House of Commons.
The Buff Bay plantation was a sugar estate next to the Buff Bay River, south of Charlestown in Jamaica. By 1839, the estate was 840 acres.
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CITING THIS RECORD:
'William Mitchell', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146644937/ [accessed 18th September 2021].
