1792 - 1850
Resident planter and attorney in Jamaica, long-serving Clerk of the House of Assembly, eldest son and principal heir of John James Vidal and Elizabeth Wade Vidal (both of whom q.v).
B. W. Higman, Plantation Jamaica 1750-1850: capital and control in a colonial economy (Mona, Jamaica, University of West Indies Press, 2005) p. 88.
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Spouse
Georgina Archbould
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Occupation
Planter and attorney
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£936 10s 1d
Awardee
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£225 12s 10d
Awardee
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£118 6s 4d
Awardee
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£279 6s 5d
Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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£114 6s 4d
Awardee (Judgement creditor)
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£115 19s 10d
Awardee
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£190 15s 4d
Awardee (Judgement creditor)
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£1,733 6s 4d
Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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£339 11s 5d
Awardee
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£26 12s 2d
Awardee
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£231 6s 2d
Awardee
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£2,804 4s 7d
Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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£19 10s 10d
Other association
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£235 5s 2d
Other association
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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:
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1832 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Owner
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1826 [EA] - → Attorney
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1826 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
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1834 [EA] - → Not known
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1817 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
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1820 [EA] - → Executor
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1820 [EA] - → Attorney
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1826 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Lessee
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Son-in-law → Mother-in-law
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Son-in-law → Father-in-law
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Son → Father
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Son → Mother
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27th Nov 1782 - 8th Dec 1862
Wesleyan Minister, apparently sought to manumit his enslaved people for religious reasons
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.
© Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2024
CITING THIS RECORD:
'John Gale Vidal', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/19559 [accessed 8th November 2024].
