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Charles Caines

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1793

Biography

Slave-owner in St Kitts, apparently resident.

The letters from Charles Caines junior to John Conyers II (q.v.) written in the early 1780s are probably from the son of this Charles Caines.


Sources

Samuel Baker's 1753 map shows 'Chas. Canes' at Deep Bay.

Essex Archives, Reference: D/DB B8, see https://www.essexarchivesonline.co.uk/Result_Details.aspx?DocID=320597 [accessed 29/07/2020]: "Letter from Charles Caines, junior, 24 February 1782 and received on St. Kitts [St. Christopher] 29 April, referring to Conyers loss of crops due to the French encampment on his estate following the French invasion near Brimstone Hill. Referring to his own estate 'A great loss attended the estate by the absconding of the major part of the negroes from the day the French came & landed, to a week after the capitulation....and many have not yet appeared.'"

We are grateful to Norah Carlin for her assistance with compiling this entry.

Further Information

Spouse
Judith Crooke
Children
Clement; Thomas

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
1753 [EA] - 1753 [LA] → Not known
Dieppe Bay [ St Kitts | St John Capesterre ]

Shown on Samuel Baker's 1753 map as Charles Canes at 'Deep Bay.'

Relationships (3)

Charles Caines
Father → Son
Clement Caines
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Charles Caines
Deceased Husband → Widow
Parnel Caines
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Charles Caines
Legatee → Testator
Ann Vanderpool
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Ann Vanderpool left Charles Caines £20, and £200 to his wife her niece Parnell Caines, and further amounts totalling £400 to their...