???? - 1863
London West india merchant, bankrupt in 1832, and leaving £300 at his death in 1863. Namesake and presumably son of the London silversmith of the same name.
London Gazette 18910 2 March 1832 p. 484; National Probate Calendar 1863.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Spouse
Married but no further details
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Wealth at death
£300
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Occupation
West India merchant
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£1,678 10s 0d
Unsuccessful claimant (consensual) (Judgement creditor)
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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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1821 [SY] - → Mortgage Holder
This has been inferred to have been the land at Morant Bay with 18 'negroes' mortgaged by Newall Berwick in 1821 to Burrage Davenport. |
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Mortgagee → Mortgagor
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Executor → Testator
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2 Warwick Gardens East, Kensington, London, Middlesex, London, England
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1761 - ????
"Free quadroon woman" and mother of eleven children; independently wealthy, perhaps through legacies left her by her partners James Tierney (died 1784) and Ebenezer Robertson (died 1825).
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:
'Burrage Davenport', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146660785 [accessed 13th November 2024].
