Title:
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First name:
Jesse
Middle name:
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Last name:
Curling
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Primary cohort:
London
Sex:
Male
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Political Offices Held
No Information
Bankruptcies
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Geographic experiences
No Information
Internal migrant:
Don't know
Foreign born:
Don't know
Supplier to slave trade voyages:
Don't know
Creditor to slave trade voyages:
Don't know
Philanthropy:
Don't know
Plantation owner:
Yes
Mortgagee-in-possession of Smithfield Wharf and the enslaved people attached to it belonging to William Beckford of Somerly
Sources:
PROB 11/1590/425
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146652683
http://www.stgitehistory.org.uk/media/curling.html
Lincolnshire Archives, MON 31/38; LMA MS 11936/361/559360
Other Individuals
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Organisations
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Crossings (1)
Birth
Date:
1737
Location:
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Death
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Burial
Date:
14/03/1817
Location:
London (Surrey)
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Universities
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Inns of Court
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Military training
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Imperial positions
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Apprenticeships
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Livery company affiliations
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Other business activities
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Was slave trading profitable:
Don't know
Will
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Courts:
PCC
The will of Jesse Curling of St Mary Rotherhithe merchant proved 26/03/1817 is silent on slave-property, dealing mainly with residential property in Paradise Row in Rotherhithe, which he left to his housekeeper Mary Ruffle together with a legacy of £3000 in trust, with provision of an annuity of £400 p.a. for his daughter Elizabeth, and the residuary estate to Jesse Curling of Bermondsey. He left legacies of £100 each to the CofE Charity School at Ramsgate; £100 to the Dissenting Charity School there, and £100 to the Merchant Seamen's Hospital.
Legacies
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