Archbould or Archibald Kerr

Archibald Ker of St Thomas-in-the-East, doctor. Estate probated in Jamaica in 1750. Slave-ownership at probate: 39 of whom 21 were listed as male and 18 as female. 0 were listed as boys, girls or children. Total value of estate at probate: £3412.56 Jamaican currency of which £2115 currency was the value of enslaved people. Estate valuation included £0 currency cash, £1250.9 currency debts and £0 currency plate.

Death "Lately, in Jamaica, Dr Archibald Ker. He has left his whole estate, a few legacies excepted, to the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh."

Possibly the Archbould Kerr who was listed in the Jamaican Quit Rent books for 1754 as the owner of 420 acres of land in St Thomas-in-the-East.

Trevor Burnard, Database of Jamaican inventories, 1674-1784.

Scots Magazine vol. XII p. 302 (June 1750).

"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