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Slave-owner in Jamaica, apparently resident, a reference found by Daniel Livesay to a suit in Jamaica of McDermott v McDermott (July 15 1805) between the 'McDermott children of St Catherine' - who were children of colour - and their white uncle Peter McDermott. The Slave Register for 1823 show him dying '26th June last'.
Sarah Eleanor, the daughter of Peter McDermott and Sarah his wife, borm 15/03/1803 and baptised in Kingston 21/07/1804. Eliza age 7, Peter Powel age 5 and Bernard age 18 months, children of Peter McDermott and Sarah his wife, late Yates, widow, baptised in Kingston, 07/12/1818.
Baptised in Kingston 08/06/1809, Peter and Edward McDermott, children of Peter McDermott Esquire, Practitioner of Physic and Surgery and Proprietor of Hibernia Coffee Plantation in the Parish of St David.
Daniel A. Livesay, CHILDREN OF UNCERTAIN FORTUNE: MIXED-RACE MIGRATION FROM THE WEST INDIES TO BRITAIN, 1750-1820 (University of Michigan PhD Thesis, 2010) p. 164, https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/77875/livesayd_1.pdf%3Fsequence%3D1%26isAllowed%3Dy [accessed 30/08/2019].
Familysearch.org, Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 [database online].
Ibid.
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Spouse
Sarah Yates
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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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1817 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Joint owner
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1823 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Previous owner
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1826 [EA] - → Previous owner
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1810 [EA] - 1822 [LA] → Owner
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1802 [EA] - → Not known
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Husband → Wife
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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:
'Peter McDermot or McDermott', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146638107 [accessed 8th November 2024].
