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Slave-owner in Demerara, dead by 1824. This must be the same man as the W.B. Panje who appeared as the executor of Ichabod Brush (q.v).
Report of the Proceedings Against the Late Rev. J. Smith, of Demerara (1824) p. 131 shows W.B. Payne as 'late.' He was among a dozen or so slave-owners whose signed papers allowing baptism of enslaved people were produced in court.
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Absentee?
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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:
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1817 [EA] - 1817 [LA] → Owner
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Executor → Testator
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Given apparently as W.B. Panje in the will of Ichabod...
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1791 - 1862
Free woman of colour; left Demerara in 1812 as a young woman and settled in Starthforth, Yorkshire, where she died in 1862.
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:
'W. B. Payne', Legacies of British Slavery database, [accessed 20th September 2024].
