Banker (Banking)
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Appearing in various iterations, the bank was formed c. 1765 when the partnership of Boldero, Carter and Boldero split. One of the two successor firms, Henry Boldero & Co., became Boldero, Kendall & Adey, then Boldero, Lushington, Boldero and variants. It failed in 1812.
F.G. Hilton Price A Handbook of London Bankers (1879), which gives the foundation as c. 1770.
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.
