???? - 1849
Partner with John Ashton Yates and Richard Vaughan Yates (both of whom q.v.) in Yates Brothers of Liverpool. The three men counterclaimed for one group of enslaved people in Trinidad: John Ashton Yates made other claims that might have been on behalf of the firm.
T71/894 Trinidad no. 1893.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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£263 7s 8d
Unsuccessful claimant
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Commercial (1) |
Partner
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Liverpool, Lancashire, North-west England, England
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28th Mar 1802 - 6th May 1874
Daughter of a wealthy planter and wife of the rector of St Elizabeth, Jamaica. Bigamous convicted forger.
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 Priestley', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146631100 [accessed 8th November 2024].
