Described as "of Lake View, Hamilton, Upper Canada and late of Trinidad" at the marriage of his 2nd daughter Eliza in 1837.
New York Evening Post Thursday, July 20, 1837, cited by Mr Brian Darracott at http://genforum.genealogy.com/neilson/messages/598.html [accessed 21/03/2011].
1761 - ????
"Free quadroon woman" and mother of eleven children; independently wealthy, perhaps through legacies left her by her partners James Tierney (died 1784) and Ebenezer Robertson (died 1825).
Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.
