P_10433_2773 – Robert Heatley
Born: 1743
Died: 1801
Robert Heatley (c. 1743-1801) was owner, co-owner or captain-owner of twelve slaving voyages from London between 1783 and 1794, four in partnership with Thomas Sharples (q.v.), two in partnership with Thomas Sharples and John Olderman (q.v.), and two in partnership with John Barnes (q.v.). He had been a trader on the coast of Gambia, possibly as agent for Liverpool slave-traders, prior to or in parallel with his own slave-trading. In 1785 he was active in promoting a scheme to settle convicts from Britain on the Gambia River. He was a witness to the Slavery and Slave Trade Enquiry. An abstract of administration of Robert Heatley of Hackney was proved 20/11/1801.
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First name: Robert
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Last name: Heatley
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Primary cohort: London
Sex: Male
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Foreign born: No
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Sources: London Gazette 2 September 1797Issue:14045Page:887 shows the expiration 'by effluxion of time' 22/05/1795 of the partnership of Robert Heatley, Thomas Sharples and John Olderman as Heatley, Sharples and Co. IR 26/384/166 Description: Abstract of Administration of Robert Heatley of Hackney, Middlesex. Proved in the Court of London Date: November 20 1801. MS 11936/387/603767 Description: Insured: Robert Heatley and Thomas Sharples, 37 Assembly Row, Mile End, merchants. Other property or occupiers: ship Neptune at East Lane Stairs Date: 2 August 1792. John M. Gray, A History of the Gambia (London: Cass, 1940; repr. 1966), p. 291.
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Crossings (12)
80090 - Africa (1792 - 1792)
Role: Owner
80089 - Africa (1790 - 1790)
Role: Owner
80087 - Africa (1788 - 1788)
Role: Owner
80086 - Africa (1786 - 1787)
Role: Captain-owner
80085 - Africa (1785 - 1786)
Role: Captain-owner
83479 - Sally (1791 - 1791)
Role: Owner
83477 - Sally (1789 - 1790)
Role: Owner
82911 - Neptune (1791 - 1792)
Role: Owner
82305 - Lively (1794 - 1794)
Role: Owner
82304 - Lively (1792 - 1793)
Role: Owner
81877 - Hope (1786 - 1787)
Role: Owner
81444 - Ferret (1783 - 1784)
Role: Captain-owner
Birth
Date: 1743
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Death
Date: 1801
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Burial
Date: 08/11/1801
Location: City of London (Middlesex)
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Was slave trading profitable: Don't know
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Town/City: London (Middlesex)
Courts: London
IR 26/384/166 Description: Abstract of Administration of Robert Heatley of Hackney, Middlesex. Proved in the Court of London. Date: November 20 1801
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