1689 - 1760
Samuel Barrett, son of Samuel Barrett (1662-1695) and grandson of Hersey Barrett (d. 1685). Owned Cornwall and Cinnamon Hill estates in St James, Jamaica. Died in 1760 at Cinnamon Hill and is buried there.
Samuel Barratt senior was listed in the Jamaican Quit Rent books for 1754 as the owner of 180 acres of land in St Ann, 2285 acres in St James, 80 acres in St Elizabeth, 30 acres in Clarendon and 30 acres in Vere, total 2605 acres.
F. J. du Quesnay, 'The Barrett Family in Jamaica', http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples2/fred05.htm [accessed 15/10/2015].
'A List of landholders in the Island of Jamaica together with the number of acres each person possessed taken from the quit rent books in the year 1754', TNA CO 142/31 transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples2/1754lead.htm.
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Spouse
Elizabeth Wisdom
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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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- 1760 [EY] → Owner
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- 1760 [EY] → Owner
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Father → Son
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Father → Daughter
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Father-in-law → Son-in-law
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Father → Son
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1761 - ????
"Free quadroon woman" and mother of eleven children; independently wealthy, perhaps through legacies left her by her partners James Tierney (died 1784) and Ebenezer Robertson (died 1825).
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:
'Samuel Barrett (1689-1760)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146644493 [accessed 8th November 2024].
