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Under a deed of 03/06/1771 Joseph Gompertz of London merchant purchased for 拢550 an annuity of 拢50 p.a. for the lives of his wife Esther aged 42 and son Lyon aged 8 from Rowland Ash secured on Ash's estate and enslaved people on St Vincent, as one of a small group of purchasers paying in total 拢3175 for annuities amounting to 拢325 p.a. The schedule of annuitants immediately precedes a list of 76 enslaved people on whom the annuities were secured. Richard Willis of London guaranteed the payments. Online genealogical material shows him as the brother of the diamond merchant Solomon Barent Gompertz, dying in 1810, husband of Ester and father of Lion Gompertz (d. 1848).
Deed Book 1771-1772, British Library, EAP688/1/1/26, https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP688-1-1-26 pp. 108-121.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Annuitant → Grantor
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1759 - 1820
Enslaved woman on Caliviny Estate in Grenada; also listed as a slave-owner herself.
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:
'Joseph Gompertz', Legacies of British Slavery database, [accessed 20th September 2024].
