Howdy!
An
update, thanks to Hendrika, who brought to my attention that University College
London's Legacies
of British Slave-ownership referenced our blog in their listing of
the spouse of Elizabeth Punnett from Generation 5... here is the relevant
page...
Alexander Kenneth Mackenzie 1769 - 1838
Born
1769, merchant and slave-dealer in St Vincent c. 1784-1794. Returning to
England with his wife, he was imprisoned by the French: his first wife died in
captivity at Port L'Orient, 1795. Operated as merchant in London; emigrated to
New South Wales, Australia c. 1822 and became secretary and cashier of the Bank
of New South Wales and founder of the Bathhurst Bank c. 1834. He named the
estate he established in NSW 'Dochcairn', after his father's house in
Ross-shire. He has an entry in the Australian Dictionary of Biography as
'banker and landowner'.
Administration
of the will of Alexander Kenneth Mackenzie [formerly of Cornhill but late] of
Parramatta, NSW proved 20/06/1848.
Alexander
Kenneth Mackenzie was categorised inconsistently as both planter and merchant
in the Exchequer loans of the 1790s, when he received £2000. His fragment of
autobiography paints him as a merchant rather than planter.
Sources
Memoirs
of Alexander Kenneth Mackenzie Esq., Dochcairn, Bathhurst, NSW (1837). This
text is in the State Library of New South Wales MLDOC 2528, but has been posted
online - in it he comments of his time on St Vincent 'I was foolish
enough however to be led by them [his peers] into the trafficking of buying and
selling Negro slaves, by which means we had always the command of a great deal
of money.'; 'McKenzie, Alexander Kenneth (1769–1838)', Australian
Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National
University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mckenzie-alexander-kenneth-2407/text3185,
published first in hardcopy 1967, accessed online 9 October 2015.
Our original post on Elizabeth Punnett Mackenzie's adventures
https://greataunts.blogspot.com/2016/04/elizabeth-punnett-mackenzie-1772-1795.html
and the first follow-up on that post
https://greataunts.blogspot.com/2019/05/we-recently-had-anonymous-response-to.html
Brenda and I have wondered whether we should close the blog to the general public, but I like that it being open creates the possibility of new information and perspectives. Anyone want to weigh in on that?
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