Abraham Isaacs

Profile & Legacies Summary

12^th Jan 1801 - ????

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Very likely Abraham Isaacs, son of Solomon Isaacs, born in Jamaica 12/01/1801. Abraham registered his own enslaved persons in St Ann in 1832. Brother of Isaac, Jacob, Judith and Asher Isaacs (all q.v.).

Sources

'Ashkenazi Congregation, English and German Jews, Kingston, Jamaica, 1788-1905 Register of Births' at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com. Ancestry.com, Slave Registers of former British Colonial Dependencies, 1812-1834 [database online].

We are grateful to Madeleine Mitchell for her assistance in compiling this entry.

Further Information

Religion

Jewish

Associated Claims (2)

Relationships (6)

Abraham Isaacs

Brothers

Abraham Isaacs

Brother → Sister

Abraham Isaacs

Brothers

Abraham Isaacs

Brothers

Abraham Isaacs

Son → Father

Abraham Isaacs

Brother-in-laws

Mordecai Palache

Further Information

People of Interest

Dorothy Diana Yates (née Smellie)

???? - 29^th 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.

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Documents of Interest

Windsor and Williamsfield Inventory of Slaves 1814 p8

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:
'Abraham Isaacs', Legacies of British Slavery database, https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/21088 [accessed 5th April 2026].

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