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Born in Jamaica, daughter of Montague James (q.v.) and Elizabeth James, and widow of John Reid of Wakefield estate and Cheltenham (q.v.), dying at Liverpool Q1 1847. Owner of Hermitage Settlement in her own right.
Ancestry.com, [database online], where she appears as Mary Houghton Reid.
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Absentee?
Transatlantic?
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Maiden Name
James
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Spouse
John Reid
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£2,460 7s 7d
Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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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] → Owner
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1817 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Tenant-for-life
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Widow → Deceased Husband
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28th Mar 1802 - 6th May 1874
Daughter of a wealthy planter and wife of the rector of St Elizabeth, Jamaica. Bigamous convicted forger.
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:
'Mary Haughton Reid (née James)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/12162 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
