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Speaker of the House of Assembly in Jamaica 1790 and 1793, husband of Elizabeth Anne Partridge and executor of his brother Nicholas Allan Blake in Westmoreland, Jamaica, 1789-1791.
A deed in the Tharp Papers record the mortgage by William Blake and his wife of their half of Potosi and the whole of Dean's Valley Waterworks to John Tharp IV in 1770.
William Blake contributed £20 to the University of Pennsylvania following Dr John Morgan's fundraising tour of the West Indies in 1772-1773.
Cambridge Archives R/55/7/122/(j)/1
William Smith, Joseph Hopkinson, and Plunket Fleeson Glentworth, Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania Minute Books, Volume 2, 1768-1779 p. 73, entry for 13/12/1773. Note amounts are in Jamaican currency.
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Spouse
Elizabeth Ann (or Anne) Partridge
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Children
Mary Anne; William Williams
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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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1789 [EA] - 1791 [LA] → Executor
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1770 [EA] - 1770 [LA] → Joint owner
A deed in the Tharp Papers records the mortgage by William Blake and his wife of their half of Potosi and the whole of Dean's Valley Waterworks to John Tharp IV in 1770. |
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1768 [EA] - 1770 [LA] → Joint owner
Joint owner by virtue of his marriage to Elizabeth Ann[e] Partridge. |
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Benefactor
University of Pennsylvania......
notes → William Smith, Joseph Hopkinson, and Plunket Fleeson Glentworth, Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania Minute Books, Volume 2, 1768-1779 p. 73, entry for 13/12/1773. Note amounts are in...
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Father → Daughter
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Father → Son
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Father-in-law → Son-in-law
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William Blake married Elizabeth Anne Partridge in 1768 (her father had died some 10 years before). ...
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Husband → Wife
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1801 - 25th Nov 1880
English clergyman, resident in Jamaica from 1827 but returning to England with his Jamaican-born wife and children six years later.
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:
'William Blake Speaker of the House of Assembly', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146660021 [accessed 8th November 2024].
