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Resident slave-owner in Jamaica, dead by 1789. His wife died at Wellington Place, Bristol in 1825 aged 81. The two later Larchin Gordons, senior and junior, who appear in the slave compensation records, were different men: at least one was a free man of colour.
Larchin Gordon contributed £28 to the University of Pennsylvania following Dr John Morgan's fundraising tour of the West Indies in 1772-1773.
Bristol Mercury Elizabeth GORDON, died May 15, at Wellington Place, aged 81, Elizabeth, relict of Larchin Gordon, esq., of Jamaica. Obit 23.5.1825. J.M. Bullock, The making the West Indies. The Gordons as colonists confuses Larchin Gordon I and the two Larchin Gordons in the compensation records.
William Smith, Joseph Hopkinson, and Plunket Fleeson Glentworth, Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania Minute Books, Volume 2, 1768-1779 p. 74, entry for 13/12/1773. Note amounts are in Jamaican currency.
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1789 [EA] - 1789 [LA] → Previous owner
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University of Pennsylvania......
notes → William Smith, Joseph Hopkinson, and Plunket Fleeson Glentworth, Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania Minute Books, Volume 2, 1768-1779 p. 74, entry for 13/12/1773. Note amounts are in...
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Father-in-law → Daughter-in-law
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Other relatives
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Probably son and father: William Gordon followed Larchin Gordon I as one of Lemon Hall, and Larchin Gordon I is known to have had son William born c....
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Father → Son
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Inferred relationship. 'The making of the West Indies. The Gordons as colonists' shows the son as Richard Larchin Gordon and confuses him with Larchin Gordon...
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Grandfather → Grand-daughter
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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:
'Larchin Gordon I', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146650831 [accessed 19th April 2024].
