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Rebecca Ellis

Profile & Legacies Summary

1769 - 1842

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Probably the Rebecca Ellis who was the mother of John Thomas Ellis.

In a Levy Book list for St James, Barbados, 1822, Ellis was listed as owning 27 enslaved. The name of the estate (or estates) was not given.

Sources

For both Rebecca and John Thomas Ellis; Vere Langford Oliver, Monumental Inscriptions in Barbados (1915), nos. 1248 and 1249; Family Search, especially

Levy Book for St James, 1822. Barbados Department of Archives, RB9/3/7.

Associated Claims (1)

Associated Estates (1)

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:

SD - Association Start Date
SY - Association Start Year
EA - Earliest Known Association
ED - Association End Date
EY - Association End Year
LA - Latest Known Association

1820 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner

Unknown [ Barbados | St Thomas ]

Relationships (1)

Rebecca Ellis

Mother → Son

John Thomas Ellis

Details

Further Information

People of Interest

Thomas Warren

27^th Nov 1782 - 8^th Dec 1862

Wesleyan Minister, apparently sought to manumit his enslaved people for religious reasons

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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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CITING THIS RECORD:
'Rebecca Ellis', Legacies of British Slavery database, [accessed 20th September 2024].