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Edward Spence

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Biography

Slave-owner in Jamaica. His trustees reported for Chatham estate in St James, Jamaica 1772-1775.

Edward Spence contributed 拢23 15s to the University of Pennsylvania following Dr John Morgan's fundraising tour of the West Indies in 1772-1773.

Edward Spence of Hanover, Esquire. Estate probated in Jamaica in 1776. Slave-ownership at probate: 80 of whom 42 were listed as male and 38 as female. 0 were listed as boys, girls or children. Total value of estate at probate: 拢6079.96 Jamaican currency of which 拢5085 currency was the value of enslaved people. Estate valuation included 拢0 currency cash, 拢73.31 currency debts and 拢5 currency plate.


Sources

William Smith, Joseph Hopkinson, and Plunket Fleeson Glentworth, Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania Minute Books, Volume 2, 1768-1779 p. 75, entry for 13/12/1773. Note amounts are in Jamaican currency.

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

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
1772 [EA] - 1775 [LA] → Trust beneficiary
Chatham [ Jamaica | St James ]

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University of Pennsylvania...... 
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William Smith, Joseph Hopkinson, and Plunket Fleeson Glentworth, Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania Minute Books, Volume 2, 1768-1779 p. 75, entry for 13/12/1773. Note amounts are in...

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Edward Spence Esquire
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