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"In 1733, a private act was passed for the encouragement of Hugh King of Westmoreland, Millwright."
Hugh King of Westmoreland, millwright. Estate probated in Jamaica in 1741. Slave-ownership at probate: 53 of whom 33 were listed as male and 20 as female. 0 were listed as boys, girls or children. Total value of estate at probate: £3589.5 Jamaican currency of which £1482.5 currency was the value of enslaved people. Estate valuation included £52.38 currency cash, £1038.75 currency debts and £17.63 currency plate.
W. A. Feurtado, Official and other Personages of Jamaica from 1655 to 1790 (1896) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/bfeurtado04.htm.
Trevor Burnard, Database of Jamaican inventories, 1674-1784.
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Occupation
Millwright
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1787 - 1835
Daughter of "free Mulatto" lodging-house-keeper Jane Charlotte Beckford (c. 1759-1825); possibly the daughter of George Ffrench, Clerk to the Jamaica Assembly. Spinster; independently wealthy slave-owner.
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:
'Hugh King', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146663725 [accessed 19th May 2024].
