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William Knowlton of St Clement Danes gentleman was was among a group of individuals purchasing, for a total of 拢15,000, annuities from John Mills secured on the latter's estates and enslaved people on Nevis in 1774, when for 拢450 he purchased an annuity of 拢50 p.a. on his own life. No PCC will has been found for him: he was conceivably the William Knowlton of Little Titchfield Street whose will was proved in the London Court inn 1809.
Common Records 1775-1776, British Library, EAP794/1/1/15, https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP794-1-1-15 pp. 65-94; IR 26/383/72 Abstract of Will of William Knowlton of Little Titchfield Street St Marylebone, Middlesex. Proved in the Court of London, Date: May 11 1809, https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7190277.
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1774 [EA] - 1774 [LA] → Annuitant
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1801 - 25th Nov 1880
English clergyman, resident in Jamaica from 1827 but returning to England with his Jamaican-born wife and children six years later.
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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'William Knowlton', Legacies of British Slavery database, [accessed 20th September 2024].
