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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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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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1781 - 1830
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family who had numerous mercantile connections in the West Indies. The compensation for Baillie's Bacolet in Grenada was awarded to the trustees of her marriage settlement. Grand-daughter of Colin Roy Campbell of Glenmure. Apparently a victim of the quack doctor John St John Lang of Harley Street in 1830.
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.
© Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2024
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 November 2024].
