P_10433_2895 – Jonathan Harrison of Philpot Lane
Born: 1769
Died: 1830
London West India merchant (d. 1830), partner in Timperon, Litt & Harrison of Philpot Lane, co-owner of a slaving voyage from London by the Columbus to Bonny and Kingston in 1801 and with the same partners among the co-owners of seven voyages from Liverpool between 1800 and 1807, six by the Ann and six to Kingston.
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First name: Jonathan
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Last name: Harrison
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Primary cohort: London
Sex: Male
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Primary outcome: Trade
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Relations
Sophia Bayford
Spouse (married 29/10/1795)
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Plantation owner: Yes
Assignee of mortgagee over Windsor Forest estate in St David [and the enslaved people attached to it]. Trustee of three Jamaica estates of the slave-owner Thomas John Parker.
Sources: PROB 11/1778/25.
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Crossings (1)
80870 - Columbus (1801 - 1802)
Role: Owner
Birth
Date: 1769
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Death
Date: 1830
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Burial
Date: 25/09/1830
Location: Lewes (Sussex)
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Occupation: Merchant – West Indies
Partner in Timperon, Litt & Harrison
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Was slave trading profitable: Don't know
Will
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Town/City: City of London (Middlesex)
Courts: PCC
Will of Jonathan Harrison [of Gower Street in the parish] of St Giles and formerly of Lewes in the county of Sussex proved 04/11/1830. In the will he referred to his estate in Sussex known as 'Fridges and Shoulders' [sic] or Grantham in the parish of Chailey, which he authorised his executors to sell. He left his real and personal property equally among his children namely Margaret (wife of Robert Nelson), John Joseph, William, George and Sophia, subject to deductions to reflect (1) the £1000 he had already advanced to Robert Nelson (2) two amounts of £5000 each he had advanced under an indenture of 1826 to his sons John Joseph and William to fund them in their partnership with William Peatt Litt. He had also made a loan of a further £10000 to Litt and Harrisons which he wanted to be repaid starting from 1839.
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