P_10433_0374 – James Berdoe
Born: Unknown
Died: Unknown
Major London independent slave-trader, co-owner in 33 known voyages between 1699 and 1710, and an ironmonger supplying the ‘Africa trade’.
Title: /
First name: James
Middle name: /
Last name: Berdoe
Aliases: Berdsoe, James, Berdue, James
Primary cohort: London
Sex: Male
Religion: /
Social background: /
Primary outcome: /
Political Affiliation: /
Relations
Elizabeth Bearcroft
Spouse (married 28/01/1700)
Second wife
Political Offices Held
No Information
Bankruptcies
No Information
Geographic experiences
No Information
Internal migrant: Don't know
Foreign born: Don't know
Supplier to slave trade voyages: Yes
Ironmonger.
Creditor to slave trade voyages: Don't know
Philanthropy: Don't know
Plantation owner: Don't know
Sources: PROB 11/582/408 LMA ACC/0085/211. Pettigrew, Freedom's Debt p. 75.
Other Individuals
No information
Organisations
No information
Crossings (33)
24300 - Sarah (1698 - 1698)
Role: Owner
24273 - Sarah (1700 - 1700)
Role: Owner
24245 - Hopewell (1700 - 1700)
Role: Owner
24217 - Happy Return (1701 - 1701)
Role: Owner
24210 - Happy Return (1702 - 1702)
Role: Owner
24203 - Silvian (1700 - 1700)
Role: Owner
24101 - Judith (1705 - 1705)
Role: Owner
21410 - Alexander Gally (1708 - 1708)
Role: Owner
21409 - Queen Anne Gally (1708 - 1708)
Role: Owner
21353 - Susanna (1704 - 1705)
Role: Owner
21313 - Lewis (1700 - 1701)
Role: Owner
21307 - Cecelia (1700 - 1701)
Role: Owner
21293 - Whidah (1699 - 1700)
Role: Owner
21230 - Neptune (1705 - 1706)
Role: Owner
21228 - William and Mary (1704 - 1705)
Role: Owner
21178 - Constant Abigail (1704 - 1705)
Role: Owner
21167 - Ann Gally (1703 - 1704)
Role: Owner
20820 - Prince of Mindelheim (1708 - 1709)
Role: Owner
20808 - Delight Gally (1707 - 1708)
Role: Owner
20801 - Wishart Gally (1707 - 1708)
Role: Owner
20793 - Dolphin Gally (1706 - 1707)
Role: Owner
20274 - William and Mary (1701 - 1702)
Role: Owner
20225 - Sarah Gally (1700 - 1701)
Role: Owner
20179 - Unity (1699 - 1700)
Role: Owner
20177 - New Frierby (1699 - 1699)
Role: Owner
15203 - Loyall Johnson (1709 - 1710)
Role: Owner
15199 - Judith (1709 - 1709)
Role: Owner
15177 - Providence (1708 - 1709)
Role: Owner
15176 - Dolphin (a) Kent (1708 - 1709)
Role: Owner
15146 - Betty Frigate (1702 - 1703)
Role: Owner
15130 - Dolphin (1701 - 1702)
Role: Owner
15089 - Postilion (1700 - 1700)
Role: Owner
29294 - Dragon (1699 - 1700)
Role: Owner
Birth
Date: /
Location: /
Death
Date: /
Location: /
Burial
Date: /
Location: /
Memorial details: /
Christening: /
Knighthood: /
Baronetcy: /
Peerage: /
Residencies
Hammersmith (Middlesex)
Learn moreOccupation: Ironmonger (Craft)
Schools
No Information
Universities
No Information
Inns of Court
No Information
Military training
No Information
Imperial positions
No Information
Apprenticeships
No Information
Livery company affiliations
No Information
Other business activities
No Information
Was slave trading profitable: Don't know
Will
Value of Total Personalty: /
Value of Known Legacies (where material to total estate): £13,000
Occupation: Ironmonger
Town/City: /
Courts: PCC
Will of James Berdor or Berdoe Citizen and Merchant Taylor [made in 1720] proved 09/12/1721. He left his wife Elizabeth an annuity of £500 p.a. instead of the £3000 lump sum he had settled on her on their marriage, and the right for life to his house at Hammersmith, on condition that she renounced her right to one-third of his estate. He left £6000 to his son James Berdoe, £1500 each to three of his children (John, Bearcroft and Susannah) and £2000 to a fifth, Sophia, the latter four at 21 with the interest to clothe and educate them until then. He identified himself as following the trade of an ironmonger in leaving his stock and the business house at Thames Street to his son James: if the latter died then the trade was to pass to his [the testator's] servant Isaac Walker for seven years. In a codicil he added legacies of £100 each to three sons of his brother Samuel Berdoe and to the eldest sons of his two brothers-in-law William Kay and John Parsonn, and £20 to his godson the son of Anthony Tourney of London ironmonger.
Legacies
No information
No information