P_10433_2684 – Jonathan Dudfield
Jonathan Dudfield (fl. 1774-1777), captain of a slaving voyage by the Neptune from London to Gambia and Savannah in 1774 (for which no ownership information is given) and then owner of a voyage from London by the Nancy to Gambia and Grenada in 1777. His executors and residuary legatees under his will made in 1777 and proved in 1788 were Messrs C and R Puller (q.v).
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First name: Jonathan
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Last name: Dudfield
Aliases: Dudfield, J
Primary cohort: London
Sex: Male
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Sources: PROB 11/1166/254
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Crossings (4)
77118 - Nancy (1777 - 1777)
Role: Owner
78143 - Neptune (1774 - 1774)
Role: Captain
77125 - Neptune (1775 - 1776)
Role: Owner
78240 - Neptune (1776 - 1776)
Role: Owner
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Was slave trading profitable: Don't know
Will
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Value of Known Legacies (where material to total estate): £3,000
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Town/City: London (London)
Courts: PCC
Will of Jonathan Dudfield mariner of London made 30/05/1777. He left: £500 each to his sons Edward and William, brother Thomas and sister Ann Bisset; the income on £1000 to his mother and father for life and then the principal to his sons together with everything else belonging to him in Great Britain after the payment of commissions to his executors for transacting the same, with his residuary estate both real and personal (presumably abroad) going to his executors C and R Puller merchants.
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