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Member of Assembly for St Thomas-in-the-Vale in 1721 and 1726.
John Delapierre of Kingston, Esquire. Estate probated in Jamaica in 1728. Slave-ownership at probate: 90 of whom 47 were listed as male and 43 as female. 26 were listed as boys, girls or children. Total value of estate at probate: £4498.88 Jamaican currency of which £2273 currency was the value of enslaved people. Estate valuation included £0 currency cash, £1310.6 currency debts and £61.25 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/bfeurtado02.htm.
Trevor Burnard, Database of Jamaican inventories, 1674-1784.
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 Delapierre', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146663569 [accessed 19th May 2024].
