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John Woollery was listed in the Jamaican Quit Rent books for 1754 as the owner of 300 acres of land in Hanover and 1030 acres of land in Westmoreland, total 1330 acres.
John Woollery of Westmoreland, Esquire. Estate probated in Jamaica in 1757. Slave-ownership at probate: 245 of whom 157 were listed as male and 88 as female. 55 were listed as boys, girls or children. Total value of estate at probate: £32981.88 Jamaican currency of which £12860.06 currency was the value of enslaved people. Estate valuation included £0 currency cash, £12869.74 currency debts and £0 currency plate.
"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.
Trevor Burnard, Database of Jamaican inventories, 1674-1784.
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1757 [EA] - 1760 [LA] → Previous owner
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1781 - 1830
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family who had numerous mercantile connections in the West Indies. The compensation for Baillie's Bacolet in Grenada was awarded to the trustees of her marriage settlement. Grand-daughter of Colin Roy Campbell of Glenmure. Apparently a victim of the quack doctor John St John Lang of Harley Street in 1830.
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:
'John Woollery', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146658197/ [accessed 19th April 2024].
