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Awarded a part-share in the compensation for ownership of enslaved persons on Virgin Valley estate in Clarendon, Jamaica, as one of the representatives of her father Charles Gordon Gray (q.v.). Married to William Mercer (q.v.).
T71/873 St James claim no. 172 (Virgin Valley).
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Maiden Name
Gray
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Spouse
William Mercer
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£2,820 6s 3d
Awardee
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Daughter → Mother
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Wife → Husband
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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.
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CITING THIS RECORD:
'Frs. Mercer (née Gray)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/-561723768 [accessed 26th December 2024].
