???? - 1782
Owner of Bid[d]eford estate in Trelawny, and probably of Sportsmans Hall in the same parish. Shown as 'late' by 1784: his death was reported in a letter of William Miles to John Tharp dated 10/01/1782. Secondary sources show him as the son of Jonathan Barnett and Jane Stone (each of whom q.v.).
Hugh Barnett of Trelawny, Esquire. Estate probated in Jamaica in 1783. Slave-ownership at probate: 271 of whom 142 were listed as male and 129 as female. 0 were listed as boys, girls or children. Total value of estate at probate: 拢23992.5 Jamaican currency of which 拢21017 currency was the value of enslaved people. Estate valuation included 拢0 currency cash, 拢0 currency debts and 拢0 currency plate.
Kenneth Morgan (ed.) 'V. Calendar of Correspondence of William Miles a West India Merchant in Bristol and John Tharp, a Planter in Jamaica, 1770-1789', in Patrick McGrath (ed.) A Bristol Miscellany, (Bristol Record Society Vol. XXXVII, 1985), pp. 79-121, at p. 101; e.g. Jean Besson, Martha Brae's Two Histories: European Expansion and Caribbean Culture p. 66, which gives his death-date as 1779.
Trevor Burnard, Database of Jamaican inventories, 1674-1784.
|
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:
|
|
1784 [EA] - 1787 [LA] → Previous owner
|
|
1784 [EA] - 1784 [LA] → Previous owner
Given as Hugh Barritt and inferred by LBS to have been Hugh Barnett |
|
Testator → Legatee
Notes →
The Biddeford estate passed from Hugh Barnett I to Hugh Barnett II. They were presumably father and...
|
|
Natural Son → Father
Notes →
Hugh Barnett I was shown as the son of Jonathan Barnett and Jane Stone by Jean Besson, Martha Brae's Two Histories: European Expansion and Caribbean Culture p. 66....
|
|
Son → Mother
|
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.
© Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - 果冻影院 Department of History 2024
CITING THIS RECORD:
'Hugh Barnett I', Legacies of British Slavery database, [accessed 20th September 2024].
