UCL

Thomas Davison

Profile & Legacies Summary

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Biography

Owner of Preston estate in St Mary Jamaica, dead by 1792. Sold annuities secured on Preston to Humphrey Morice who recorded them in his will proved 1786.

Thomas Davison contributed £70 to the University of Pennsylvania following Dr John Morgan's fundraising tour of the West Indies in 1772-1773.


Sources

C. S. Graubard, 'Documenting the University of Pennsylvania's Connection to Slavery (2018) via archives.upenn.edu [accessed 16/01/2019].

We are grateful to Paul Hitchings for his assistance with compiling this enry.

Further Information

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Associated Estates (2)

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:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1792 [EA] - 1817 [LA] → Previous owner
Preston Estate [ Jamaica | St Mary ]
1766 [EA] - 1786 [LA] → Owner
Preston Estate [ Jamaica | St Mary ]

Legacies Summary

Cultural (1)

Benefactor
University of Pennsylvania...... 
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C. S. Graubard, 'Documenting the University of Pennsylvania's Connection to Slavery (2018) via archives.upenn.edu [accessed...

Relationships (1)

Thomas Davison
Grantor → Annuitant
Rt. Hon Humphry Morice
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