John Henry Roper

Profile & Legacies Summary

1771 - 1854

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

London merchant, partner in Roper & Trecothick (q.v.).

1851 census John Henry Roper retired merchant aged 80 born Lincolnshire living Grove Place Camberwell with his wife Harriet P., aged 75 born Oxford Street; death of John Henry Roper registered Camberwell Q1 1854. In 1836 John Henry Roper gentleman was insured at Mt Pleasant Brixton Hill Surrey.

Sources

T71/877 Antigua claim nos. 103 (Cassada Garden), 117 (Herbert's) and 360 (Nibb's).

1851 census online; FreeUKGen, England and Wales Free BMD Database, Deaths, 1837-1983 [database online]; Guildhall, Records of Sun Fire Office, MS 11936/556/12347821 02/11/1836.

Further Information

Absentee?

British/Irish

Spouse

Harriet P.

Associated Claims (3)

Legacies Summary

Commercial (1)

Name partner

Trecothick & Roper
West India merchant

Addresses (1)

Mount Pleasant, Brixton Hill, Brixton, London, Surrey, London, England

Further Information

People of Interest

Rev. William Marshall Harte

25^th Nov 1776 - 1851

Resident clergyman, proponant of religious instruction for enslaved people.

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Documents of Interest

Windsor and Williamsfield Inventory of Slaves 1814 p8

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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'John Henry Roper', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/40809 [accessed 12th November 2024].

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