P_10432_2473 – Robert Nicholson
Born: Unknown
Died: 1781
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First name: Robert
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Last name: Nicholson
Aliases: Nicholson, Robert
Primary cohort: Liverpool
Sex: Male
Religion: Nonconformist or ‘Dissenter’
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Primary outcome: Trade
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Relations
William Tylson
Business Partner
Tylson was Nicholson's factor in Jamaica
James France
Business Partner
France was Nicholson's agent in Jamaica
Henry Hutton
Business Partner
A partner in Henry Hutton and Company
Arabella Cropper
Spouse (married 1752)
"On Friday I was married to Miss Arabella Cropper, a young lady in this town possessed of every qualification that I think likely to make the marriage state happy and agreeable."
James Nicholson
Brother
Brother and business partner
Political Offices Held
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Bankruptcies
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Geographic experiences
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Internal migrant: Don't know
Foreign born: Don't know
Supplier to slave trade voyages: Yes
Numerous instances of supplying goods to active participants in the trans-Atlantic slave trade
Creditor to slave trade voyages: Yes
Numerous instances of bills owed to Nicholson by active participants in the trans-Atlantic slave trade
Philanthropy: Don't know
Plantation owner: Don't know
Sources: Nicholson Papers, JRRIL
Other Individuals
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Organisations
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Crossings (2)
90405 - Alice Gally (1752 - 1754)
Role: Owner
90404 - Alice Gally
Role: Owner
Birth
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Death
Date: 1781
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Burial
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Residencies
Occupation: Merchant - General Overseas (Merchant)
Schools
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Universities
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Inns of Court
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Military training
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Imperial positions
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Apprenticeships
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Livery company affiliations
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Other business activities
Region: England
Economic sector: Shipping
Part owner of numerous ships, including the Alice Galley and the Dodsworth.
Was slave trading profitable: Don't know
Will
Value of Total Personalty: £300
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Courts: Consistory Court Chester
Legacies
Physical Imprints
Building Category: Urban
Type: Built
Town/City: Liverpool (Lancashire)
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Year: 1751
Value: £600
"I have contracted with Robert Jackson to build me a house after my own mind next to his in Paradise Street". Nicholson had paid £600 and work had started, but "I imagine it will be 12 or 15, yea perhaps 18 months before the house be finished and proper to go and dwell in." [£600 build cost]
Physical Imprints
Building Category: Urban
Type: Built
Town/City: Liverpool (Lancashire)
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Year: 1763
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Subscriber towards the building of the Octagon Chapel in Liverpool. "An elegant building... in which will be used a Liturgy said to be composed by a number of four dissenting ministers in this country".
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