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James Hardyman I

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Biography

Slave-owner in Jamaica, owner of Phoenix in Trelawny. Shown as owner in 1776, dead before 1781.

James Hardyman of Trelawny, Esquire. Estate probated in Jamaica in 1781. Slave-ownership at probate: 178 of whom 100 were listed as male and 78 as female. 41 were listed as boys, girls or children. Total value of estate at probate: 拢24345.11 Jamaican currency of which 拢13442 currency was the value of enslaved people. Estate valuation included 拢0 currency cash, 拢4843.87 currency debts and 拢70.82 currency plate.

Sources

Trevor Burnard, Database of Jamaican inventories, 1674-1784.

Associated Estates (2)

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

1762 [EA] - 1763 [LA] → Joint owner

Friendship [ Jamaica | St James ]

This is a tentative association only. The estate was shown against 'Goodwin Goodin & Hardyman'. Mary Hardyman and James Hardyman were the plaintiffs in a Privy Council case against 'Grace' [probably George] Goodin in 1770.

1781 [EA] - 1795 [LA] → Previous owner

Phoenix [ Jamaica | Trelawny ]