UCL

Robert Kerr

Profile & Legacies Summary

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Biography

Apparently resident slave-owner. An indenture dated 01/03/1805, not yet examined, reportedly conveyed a group of estates including Welcome, Haddington and Leyden, from Robert Kerr to Robert Markland, although Robert Kerr was dead by 1796.


Sources

TNA. PWLB - Records of the Loan Commissioners and the Public Works Loan Board PWLB 11 - West India Relief Commissioners: Mortgage Indentures PWLB 11/79 - Jamaica: WELCOME, HADDINGTON, LEYDEN, ROXBURGH, BURRELL'S PENN, MOUNT PARNASSUS, WELCOME BARGUADIER PENN, STAPLETON MOUNT and LEMON HALL estates

Associated Estates (3)

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
1796 [EA] - 1803 [LA] → Previous owner
Haddington Estate [ Jamaica | Hanover ]
1796 [EA] - 1803 [LA] → Previous owner
Leyden Estate [ Jamaica | St James ]
1799 [EA] - → Previous owner
Welcome Estate [ Jamaica | Hanover ]

Relationships (1)

Robert Kerr
Business associates
Robert Markland the younger
Details
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