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Barrister of Baughurst Hampshire who died c. 1839. Remarkably he married in succession an aunt and her niece: Elizabeth Brown Reader (d. c. 1823) and Parnel Hammond (d. c. 1834), widow of Richard Hammond of Twickenham (q.v.). The two women were respectively daughter and granddaughter and legatees of the St Kitts slave-owner Parnel Seaton (q.v.).
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Spouse
(1) Elizabeth Brown Seaton (2) Parnel Hammond nee Caines
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Other relatives
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William Reader married Richard Hammond's widow Parnel nee...
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Son-in-law → Mother-in-law
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William Reader married Elizabeth Brown Morgan, daughter of Parnel Seaton, and then in turn Parnel Seaton's grand-daughter Parnel, widow of Richard...
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Baughurst, Hampshire, Wessex, England
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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:
'William Reader', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146665077 [accessed 12th November 2024].
