1752 - 1796
Attorney on Cornwall estate in Westmoreland, Jamaica, 1792-1795.
Very likely the Robert Parkinson named in the will of his brother Ralph Parkinson (q.v.) who asked to be buried at his pen White Hall in Westmoreland, "near to my brother Robert". This would make him the Robert Parkinson, one of 11 known children of Leonard Parkinson, baptised in Kirklevington near Stockton-on-Tees, in North Yorkshire. Robert Parkinson Esquire was buried in Westmoreland, 26/12/1796.
Findmypast.co.uk, North Yorkshire baptisms [database online]; Familysearch.org, unindexed Jamaican parish records, Westmoreland, Baptisms, marriages, burials 1739-1825, Vol. 1 p. 112.
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1792 [EA] - 1795 [LA] → Attorney
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1794 [EA] - 1794 [LA] → Receiver
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Uncle → Niece
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Kirklevington, Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England
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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 Parkinson', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146659877 [accessed 8th November 2024].
