1799 - 1848
Resident in British Guiana, acting as executor in two of his larger awards.
We are grateful to Jim Brennan for the help on this entry.
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Name in compensation records
C. Revers
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£397 8s 2d
Awardee
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£406 19s 10d
Awardee
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£126 0s 2d
Awardee
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£1,910 11s 0d
Awardee (Executor or executrix)
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£3,792 12s 3d
Awardee (Executor or executrix)
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£524 18s 8d
Awardee
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Son → Father
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1761 - ????
"Free quadroon woman" and mother of eleven children; independently wealthy, perhaps through legacies left her by her partners James Tierney (died 1784) and Ebenezer Robertson (died 1825).
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.
© Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2026
CITING THIS RECORD:
'Cornelis Revers', Legacies of
British Slavery database, https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/6790
[accessed 4th April 2026].
