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Married John Fairweather 01/10/1829 in St Mary. Five daughters baptised in St Mary: Agnes Catherine (1833), Mary Robertson and Elizabeth (both 1837), Margaret Olivia and Helen Guthrie (both 1843). John Fairweather was given as a carpenter in 1833 and 1837 and as a gentleman in 1843.
Registered three female enslaved people in St Mary in 1832 as Helen Fairweather with a note 'registered by Helen McBean 28 June 1829 since married'.
Note the sequential claim numbers in St Mary strongly hint at close relations: Robert Fairweather (claim no. 32); Catherine Allen (34), Robin Fairweather (35); John Fairweather (36, 37, 38) and Helen Fairweather (39).
Familysearch.org, Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 [database online].
T71/41 p. 160.
We are grateful to David Barker for his assistance with compiling this entry.
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Maiden Name
McBean
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Spouse
John Fairweather
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Children
Agnes Catherine, Mary Robertson (1835-), Elizabeth (1837-), Margaret Olivia (1841-), Helen Guthrie (1842-)
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£82 7s 7d
Awardee
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Daughter-in-law → Mother-in-law
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Wife → Husband
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Daughter-in-law → Father-in-law
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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:
'Helen Fairweather (née McBean)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/20805 [accessed 26th December 2024].
