1794 - ????
Mary Sophia Hall baptised 07/01/1794 in Kingston, Jamaica, the second of twelve children born to William Dennis Hall (1762-) and his wife Harriet nee Turton (1770-).
William Dennis Hall was the son of William Hall (1731-1794), a sugar refiner and merchant, and his first wife Elizabeth nee Montgomery. He was also a great-grandson of William Melmoth the Elder (1665-1743) through his daughter Sophia Melmoth and Joseph Hall (who married 01/11/1729 in Fleet Street, London).
Familysearch.org, Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 [database online]. Ancestry.com, London, England, Clandestine Marriage and Baptism Registers, 1667-1754 [database online].
For relationships, see PROB 11/725 Will of William Melmoth (1743); PROB 11/1102 Will of Thomas Melmoth (1783); PROB 11/1598 Will of Melmoth Charles widow (1817).
We are grateful to Dawn Good for her assistance with compiling this entry.
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???? - 29th Aug 1873
Free person of colour, slave-owner in Jamaica. Long-term partner and later wife of Thomas Legal Yates. Living in Britain from the mid-1830s until her death in 1873.
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 Sophia Hall', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/16996 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
