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Merchant in Kingston, and father of Simon Taylor of Jamaica and Sir John Taylor (both of whom q.v.).
Patrick Taylor was listed in the Jamaican Quit Rent books for 1754 as the owner of 433 acres of land in St Catherine and 881 acres of land in St Thomas-in-the-East, total 1314 acres.
Mortgagee-in-possession of the estate of George Delapierre in St Thomas-in-the-East, Jamaica, 1752-3.
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.
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/2 p. 116; Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/3 p. 43.
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Spouse
Martha Taylor
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Children
Simon; Sir John
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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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1740 [EA] - → Executor
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1759 [EA] - 1759 [LA] → Previous owner
Inferred to be Patrick Taylor, father of Simon Taylor of Jamaica who was later mortgagee-in-possession. |
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Father → Son
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Father → Son
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Executor → Testator
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1810 - ????
Enslaved young woman in St Peter, Barbados. Manumitted on the eve of Emancipation. Married a butcher in Speightstown.
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:
'Patrick Taylor formerly Tailzour', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146651289 [accessed 8th November 2024].
