UCL

Thomas Cardiff

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1724

Biography

Owner of a sugar estate in St Thomas-in-the-East, Jamaica. Deceased by 1724.

  1. Thomas Cardiff of St Thomas-in-the-East, planter. Estate probated in Jamaica in 1724. Slave-ownership at probate: 76 of whom 44 were listed as male and 32 as female. 21 were listed as boys, girls or children. Total value of estate at probate: £3029.5 Jamaican currency of which £2122.5 currency was the value of enslaved people. Estate valuation included £0 currency cash, £0 currency debts and £18 currency plate.

Sources

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

Further Information

Occupation
Planter

Associated Estates (1)

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:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1740 [EA] - 1742 [LA] → Previous owner
Unknown [ Jamaica | St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey ]

Inventories (1)

Thomas Cardiff
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