P_10433_3203 – Allen
Owner of a single voyage, that of the Reward in 1783, shipwrecked or lost before captive Africans were embarked. Given as Allen, but probably James Allan of Crescent Place Blackfriars, whose family received personal effects under the will of Samuel Hare, the captain of the voyage of the Reward. James Allan of Crescent Place has not yet been further traced.
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First name: James
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Last name: Allan
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Primary cohort: London
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Sources: PROB 11/1171/243. A James Allan was partner in James Allan & Co. with Patrick Colquhoun and James Brymer (both with West India connections) and others until 1783, London Gazette 3 May 1783Issue:12437Page:2: Brymer and Allan were bankrupt in 1787 [London Gazette 28 August 1787Issue:12916Page:404] but had recovered sufficiently to lend £60,000 to the slave-owner Alexander Donaldson in 1803, https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146666259.
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Crossings (1)
83328 - Reward (1783 - 1783)
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