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Wife of Robert Rainford, a free person of colour. Inherited Cassava River from Thomas William Powell (d. before 1792), also a free person of colour - presumably the daughter Frances Powell for whom the estate was held in trust in the 1790s by her mother Frances Brewer. Frances Powell had at least six children with Robert Rainford baptised in Jamaica between 1799 and 1817. Robert died c. 1824.
Familysearch.org, Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 [database online].
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Maiden Name
Powell
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£964 6s 5d
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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1826 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Owner
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Daughter → Mother
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Inferred relationship. Frances Brewer was earlier guardian to her daughter Frances Powell....
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Daughter-in-law → Mother-in-law
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Natural Daughter → Father
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Inferred...
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Wife → Husband
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Legatee → Testator
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Robert Rainford left £300 currency to Frances Powell Rainford, the wife of his natural son Robert Rainford, in his will made in...
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1787 - 8th Apr 1844
Yorkshire landowner.
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:
'Frances Powell Rainford (née Powell)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/20446 [accessed 26th December 2024].
