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John Bachelor was a merchant in Kingston in 1726.
John Bachellor of Kingston, merchant. Estate probated in Jamaica in 1733. Slave-ownership at probate: 1 of whom 1 were listed as male and 0 as female. 1 were listed as boys, girls or children. Total value of estate at probate: £86.66 Jamaican currency of which £20 currency was the value of enslaved people. Estate valuation included £28 currency cash, £0 currency debts and £12.5 currency plate.
W. A. Fuertado, Official and Other Personages of Jamaica from 1655 to 1790 Compiled from Various Sources (1896), transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/bfeurtado01.htm.
Trevor Burnard, Database of Jamaican inventories, 1674-1784.
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Occupation
Merchant
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1761 - ????
"Free quadroon woman" and mother of eleven children; independently wealthy, perhaps through legacies left her by her partners James Tierney (died 1784) and Ebenezer Robertson (died 1825).
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 Bachelor', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146663245 [accessed 27th May 2024].
