P_10433_0910 – John Bernard
Co-owner of a single voyage, of the Marlborough to Gambia and Jamaica in 1705. The will of John Barnard or Bernard gentleman of Battersea but now in Jamaica made 02/01/1717 proved in 1718 shows strong connections with Jamaica and property in the City of London but has no direct evidence that this man was the slave-trade investor.
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First name: John
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Last name: Bernard
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Primary cohort: London
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Sources: PROB 11/563/370. The will of John Bernard draper of St Mary Le Bow proved 07/12/1706 PROB 11/490/493 is an alternative possibility. As yet unexamined litigation in the suit of Royal African Co. v Lawes in 1717 included the unnamed executor or administrator of John Bernard as defendant alongside Sir Nicholas Lawes and Sir John Shaw, C11/1177/3.
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Crossings (1)
21180 - Marlborough (1704 - 1705)
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Was slave trading profitable: Don't know
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Courts: PCC
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