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Awarded the compensation for the enslaved people on Fairfield estate in St James Jamaica and for a group of eight more enslaved people in Hanover Jamaica.
Mary Lawrence James, daughter of Colonel John Robert James of Endeavour Jamaica by Mary Lawrence daughter of James Lawrence of Fairfield. Married William James Stevenson (Receiver-General of Jamaica, 1764-1830) in Jamaica 22/3/1796. Died Clifton, buried Cheltenham.
Will of Mary Lawrence Stevenson of Cheltenham Gloucester proved 15/4/1850. Will of William James Stevenson of Kingston Jamaica proved 8/7/1831.
The William Stevenson of Bristol writing to the Commissioners of Slave Compensation on behalf of Mary Lawrence Stevenson, is almost certainly her son, later Sir William Stevenson (1804-1863), Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Mauritius 1857-1863. Sir William Stevenson's son Francis Seymour Stevenson was elected MP for Eye in 1885.
T71/873 St James no. 53; Hanover no. 602.
Visitation of England and Wales Vol. 12, Stevenson of Playford Mount Co. Suffolk.
PROB 11/2112; PROB 11/1788.
Visitation of England and Wales Vol. 12, Stevenson of Playford Mount Co. Suffolk.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Maiden Name
James
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Spouse
William James Stevenson
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Children
Sir William Stevenson; Thomas
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£115 5s 2d
Awardee
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£1,067 2s 3d
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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1834 [EA] - → Joint owner
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1817 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Joint owner
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Grand-daughter → Grandfather
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Niece → Uncle
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First Cousins
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First Cousins
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First Cousins
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First Cousins
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Widow → Deceased Husband
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Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, South-west England, England
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1787 - 1835
Daughter of "free Mulatto" lodging-house-keeper Jane Charlotte Beckford (c. 1759-1825); possibly the daughter of George Ffrench, Clerk to the Jamaica Assembly. Spinster; independently wealthy slave-owner.
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 Lawrence Stevenson (née James)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/14466 [accessed 22nd December 2024].
