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Merchant on St Vincent. Kenneth Morgan recorded a will for him dated or registered 10/11/1815. Under Articles of Agreement date 01/08/1774 and deeds of lease and release of 24 and 25/07/1775, George Aberdeen bought land for £2970 currency from Peter Gurley, paying only a portion upfront and giving back a mortgage over the land and 25 named enslaved people to secure the payments of his debt to Gurley over the following four years.
https://eap.bl.uk/sites/default/files/legacy-eap/downloads/eap345_survey.pdf [accessed 07/09/2020]; Deed Book 1770-1776, British Library, EAP688/1/1/25, https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP688-1-1-25 pp. 250-254.
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Hannah
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Mortgagor → Mortgagee
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1781 - 1830
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family who had numerous mercantile connections in the West Indies. The compensation for Baillie's Bacolet in Grenada was awarded to the trustees of her marriage settlement. Grand-daughter of Colin Roy Campbell of Glenmure. Apparently a victim of the quack doctor John St John Lang of Harley Street in 1830.
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:
'George Aberdeen', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146665627 [accessed 12th November 2024].
