P_10433_2787 – James Margetson
Born: Unknown
Died: 1799
London broker, underwriter and slave-trader, with an intense period of activity in the mid-1780s, sole owner of 10 slaving voyages from London and one from Dominica, all to Jamaica or Dominica, between 1783 and 1788. He was bankrupt in 1788 and died in 1799.
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First name: James
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Last name: Margetson
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Primary cohort: London
Sex: Male
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Relations
Elizabeth Mann
Spouse (married 24/02/1776)
St Luke, Chelsea
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Bankruptcies
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Geographic experiences
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Internal migrant: Don't know
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Supplier to slave trade voyages: Don't know
Creditor to slave trade voyages: Don't know
Philanthropy: Don't know
Plantation owner: Don't know
Sources: PROB 11/1334/255 Bankrupt London Gazette 13010 22/07/1788 p. 358.
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Crossings (11)
83834 - Hero (1787 - 1787)
Role: Owner
83833 - Trelawney (1784 - 1785)
Role: Owner
83832 - Trelawney (1783 - 1783)
Role: Owner
81051 - Dispatch (1788 - 1788)
Role: Owner
80514 - Betsey (1787 - 1789)
Role: Owner
80108 - African Queen (1787 - 1788)
Role: Owner
83475 - Sally (1788 - 1788)
Role: Owner
83278 - Ranger (1783 - 1784)
Role: Owner
82307 - Lively (1787 - 1788)
Role: Owner
81397 - Fanny (1787 - 1788)
Role: Owner
83476 - Sally (1788 - 1789)
Role: Owner
Birth
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Death
Date: 1799
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Burial
Date: 02/01/1800
Location: London (Surrey)
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Residencies
Fenchurch Buildings
Occupation: Insurance Broker & Underwriter (Finance)
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Was slave trading profitable: Don't know
Will
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Courts: PCC
Will of James Margetson broker of Fenchurch Buildings, City of London made 12/08/1795. The will is six lines long, made his wife Elizabeth his universal legatee of 'all that I may die possessed of' with his wife and his 'relative' John Hasler as his execuotrs.
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