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Glasgow merchant, partner in Robert Eccles & Co, then Eccles Burnley & Co., given as George Eccles but probably George James Eccles. Son of James Eccles and brother of William Eccles jun.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Name in compensation records
George Eccles
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Occupation
Merchant
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£1,275 8s 4d
Awardee
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£8,627 3s 6d
Awardee
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£2,858 13s 7d
Awardee
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£4,286 14s 7d
Awardee
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Commercial (1) |
Other partner
William & James Eccles
West India merchant |
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Nephew → Uncle
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Nephew → Uncle
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Brother → Sister
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Brother → Sister
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Brothers
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Brother-in-laws
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Son → Father
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Brother-in-laws
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Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Central Scotland, Scotland
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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:
'George James Eccles', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/45582 [accessed 8th November 2024].
