John William Dow the elder

Profile & Legacies Summary

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Biography

Previous owner of Nelson estate on Trinidad. Not further traced to date by LBS.

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

1813 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Previous owner

Nelson Estate, Oropouche [ Trinidad | Oropuche ]

Further Information

People of Interest

Richard Walker

9^th Oct 1760 - 1801

Prominent Liverpool merchant and slave-trader

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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:
'John William Dow the elder', Legacies of British Slavery database, https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146664063 [accessed 7th April 2026].

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