P_10433_0759 – Benjamin Maxey
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Died: 1709
Benjamin Maxey (d. 1709), London merchant and co-owner of a slaving voyage from London by the Amiable to Whydah/Ouidah and Barbados in 1705. His executors were his father Charles Maxey, Sir Robert Dunckley (q.v.) and his father-in-law Charles Cutts. He was described as ‘from Barking’ in his entry in the burial register at St Stephen Coleman Street in 1709.
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First name: Benjamin
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Last name: Maxey
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Primary cohort: London
Sex: Male
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Charles Maxey
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Sources: PROB 11/509/217 The will was the subject of Dunckley v Maxey in 1710, C 5/333/14 Plaintiffs: Sir Robert Dunckley kt and another. Defendants: Arabella Maxey widow and another. Subject: personal estate of the deceased Benjamin Maxey of London. Document type: bill, answer Date: 1710.
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Crossings (1)
20344 - Amiable (1705 - 1706)
Role: Owner
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Death
Date: 1709
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Burial
Date: 14/06/1709
Location: City of London (Middlesex)
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Barking (Essex)
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Was slave trading profitable: Don't know
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Courts: PCC
Will of Benjamin Maxey merchant of London made 05/03/1708. After bequests of personal items to each of them he divided his personalty between his wife Arabella and son Charles at 21, failing whom to the children of his deceased sister Jane Harvey. He left his father Charles Maxey £20 and his father-in-law [and executor] Charles Cutts £10, and £20 each to his friend [and executor] Sir Robert Dunckley and Elizabeth his wife.
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