Title:
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First name:
Charles
Middle name:
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Last name:
Kent
Aliases:
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Primary cohort:
London
Sex:
Male
Religion:
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Social background:
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Primary outcome:
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Political Affiliation:
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Relations
Susanna Chafe
Spouse (married 31/12/1700)
Political Offices Held
No Information
Bankruptcies
No Information
Geographic experiences
No Information
Internal migrant:
Don't know
Foreign born:
No
Supplier to slave trade voyages:
Don't know
Creditor to slave trade voyages:
Don't know
Philanthropy:
Don't know
Plantation owner:
Yes
Co-owner of the Morant estate and the enslaved people attached to it in Jamaica
Sources:
Pettigrew, Freedom's Debt p. 78.
PROB 11/551/293
Litigation over the will of Charles Kent in 1724 showed English property yielding £400 p.a. and Jamaica property yielding £500 p.a., plus personalty of £6150+,
https://waalt.uh.edu/index.php/C78_1724
Other Individuals
No information
Organisations
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Crossings (5)
Birth
Date:
1666
Location:
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Death
Date:
04/1716
Location:
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Burial
Date:
14/04/1716
Location:
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Memorial details:
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Christening:
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Knighthood:
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Baronetcy:
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Peerage:
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Occupation:
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Universities
No Information
Inns of Court
No Information
Military training
No Information
Imperial positions
No Information
Apprenticeships
No Information
Livery company affiliations
The Worshipful Company of Grocers
Role:
Freeman
Start Date:
20/10/1709
End Date:
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Other business activities
No Information
Was slave trading profitable:
Don't know
Will
Value of Total Personalty:
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Value of Known Legacies (where material to total estate):
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Courts:
PCC
The will of Charles Kent merchant of London made 05/04/1716 and proved 13/04/1716 is silent on 'Jamaica property' but includes a legacy of £100 to [his co-owner in Jamaica] Col. Thompson for mourning, and monetary legacies of £800 to nieces and nephews. He left £2000 to his eldest daughter Susanna and then his estate in trust for his three daughters Susanna, Charlott[e] and Dulcibella.
Legacies
No information
