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Cooper Demetres was listed in the Jamaican Quit Rent books for 1754 as the owner of 150 acres of land in St Catherine and 1250 acres of land in Clarendon, total 1400 acres.
Cooper Demetres of Clarendon, Esquire. Estate probated in Jamaica in 1758. Slave-ownership at probate: 212 of whom 101 were listed as male and 111 as female. 0 were listed as boys, girls or children. Total value of estate at probate: 拢11358.37 Jamaican currency of which 拢4670 currency was the value of enslaved people. Estate valuation included 拢0 currency cash, 拢0 currency debts and 拢237.33 currency plate.
"A List of landholders in the Island of Jamaica together with the number of acres each person possessed taken from the quit rent books in the year 1754", TNA CO 142/31 transcribed at .
Trevor Burnard, Database of Jamaican inventories, 1674-1784.
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William Savage's first wife Jane Cooper Demetres must have been related to Cooper...
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???? - 29th Aug 1873
Free person of colour, slave-owner in Jamaica. Long-term partner and later wife of Thomas Legal Yates. Living in Britain from the mid-1830s until her death in 1873.
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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'Cooper Demetres', Legacies of British Slavery database, [accessed 20th September 2024].
