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London solicitor, founder of Druces LLP in 1767. LBS has concluded that he was the Robert Parnther brother and executor of John Parnther senior (q.v.): his own will proved in 1822 refers to his property in London Street [where Parnther and Druce had been based] and to his niece Isabella Parnther (q.v.) and there is a nexus around Hatfield, where Isabella Parnther lived and where Robert Parnther's grandson Robert George Parnther (d. 1860) was baptised in 1812. There is no evidence that Robert Parnther himself was a slave-owner.
For Druces, see https://www.druces.com/our-history/ and http://druces250.com [both accessed 20/04/2018]; will of Robert Parnther of [Bird's Place] Essendon proved 27/02/1822, PROB 11/1653/436.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Spouse
(2) Elizabeth
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Children
With (1) Isabella; Robert; Michael Smith
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Founder
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Brothers
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Robert Parnther was also the executor of his brother...
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Uncle → Niece
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Isabella Parnther was a beneficiary of her uncle under his will proved in...
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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:
'Robert Parnther', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146658973 [accessed 8th November 2024].
