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By virtue of his marriage, Anthony Crosby or Crosbie Martin came into joint possession of one moiety of the estate in Demerara, against which he and his wife borrowed and which ultimately the couple mortgaged.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Spouse
Maria Elizabeth Alleyne Lespinasse
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University
Oxford (St Mary Hall) [1795 ]
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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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1802 [EA] - → Joint owner
Anthony Crosby Martin gained joint possession of a moiety of the estate in a settlement by the Chancery Court (after Maria Elizabeth Alleyne Lespinasse a minor had married Anthony Crosby Martin without the Court's consent) in 1802. |
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Husband → Wife
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1787 - 1861
Enslaved boy on Unity Valley Pen, Jamaica. Manumitted in 1795 by David Barclay and removed to Philadelphia, with 29 other freed persons from the estate, where he was placed under the care of Society for Improving the Condition of Free Blacks.
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:
'Anthony Crosby [also given as Crosbie] Martin', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146652335 [accessed 4th November 2024].
