P_10433_2983 – John Deffell
John Deffell (c. 1742-1806), London West India merchant and owner or co-owner in six slaving voyages (five by the Rio Nova) from London to various points in Africa, all destined for Jamaica, between 1790 and 1803. Deffell had been a captain in the East India trade.
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First name: John
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Last name: Deffell
Aliases: Dessell, John
Primary cohort: London
Sex: Male
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Plantation owner: Yes
Sources: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146648837
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Crossings (6)
83340 - Rio Nova (1803 - 1803)
Role: Owner
83339 - Rio Nova (1801 - 1802)
Role: Owner
83338 - Rio Nova (1798 - 1799)
Role: Owner
83337 - Rio Nova (1792 - 1793)
Role: Owner
83336 - Rio Nova (1791 - 1792)
Role: Owner
81111 - Earl of Effingham (1790 - 1791)
Role: Owner
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Death
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Burial
Date: 06/08/1806
Location: Westminster (London)
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Occupation: Merchant – West Indies
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Was slave trading profitable: Don't know
Will
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Town/City: London (Middlesex)
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Will of John Deffell merchant of Gower Street Bedford Square made 05/01/1805 proved 12/06/1807. Under the will he left £6000 to his daughter Charlotte Deffell and £2000 to his daughter Ann wife of William Anderson of Russell Square. He left the rest of his estate to his son John Henry Deffell, failing whom then to his four daughters equally (the other two were Elizabeth Caroline the wife of Henry Davidson and Emily the wife of Richard Shaw[e]),with an adjustment to charge £5000 upon the share of Elizabeth Caroline because on her marriage with Henry Davidson he had 'been induced' to settle £5000 more upon her than he had done for his other daughters. In a codicil of 06/10/1805 he reduced the legacies to Charlotte from £6000 to £5000 and to Ann Anderson from £2000 to £500 'in justice to my son', given the 'heavy losses we have of late sustained' and the great changes and falling off in all West India concerns.
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