1769 - 14th Oct 1852
Married James Edgar of Auchingrammont, 25/03/1789.
Widow, executrix and annuitant under the will of James Edgar of St George Island of Jamaica proved 05/05/1838. He had died in 1810.
Living at 2 St Bernard's Crescent, Edinburgh, in 1841, of independent means, born Scotland, with her daughters Margaret and Eliza and two female servants. Died 14/10/1852 at Carlton Street, Edinburgh, in her 83rd year.
James Edgar, Genealogial [sic] collections concerning the Scottish house of Edgar, with a memoir of James Edgar (1873) p. 12
T71/869 St George claim no. 278 (Osborne Estate); PROB 11/1895/89.
1841 census online; Dundee, Perth, and Cupar Advertiser 19/10/1852.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Maiden Name
Lorington
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Spouse
James Edgar
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Children
James, Alexander, John, Mary Anne, Margaret, Eliza Priscilla
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£2,613 8s 3d
Awardee
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The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:
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1817 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Executrix
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1817 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Annuitant
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Widow → Deceased Husband
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Daughter-in-law → Father-in-law
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Sister-in-law → Brother-in-law
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Auchingramont, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Central Scotland, Scotland
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2 St Barnard's Crescent, Edinburgh, Midlothian (Edinburgh), Central Scotland, Scotland
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Carlton Street, Edinburgh, Midlothian (Edinburgh), Central Scotland, Scotland
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???? - 1848
Successful planter in British Guiana and Grenada; part of a close-knit mixed-race family with numerous business interests.
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:
'Elizabeth Edgar (née Lorington)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/11879 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
