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Katharine Biggs

Profile & Legacies Summary

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Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Awarded a share (with her husband Joseph) of the compensation for the enslaved people on the Woodstock estate in St Ann Jamaica as one of dozens of legatees of William White, many of whom had connections with Essex or parts of what is now East London.

  1. A Joseph Biggs of Dagenham posted a bond ahead of his marriage to Katharine Mitchell, a widow, 28/11/1814.

Sources

  1. Ancestry.com London and Surrey, England, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1597-1921 [database online]

Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish
Spouse
Joseph

Associated Claims (1)

Jamaica St Ann 92 (Woodstock)
£1,453 12s 6d
Awardee (Legatee)
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Relationships (1)

Katharine Biggs
Wife → Husband
Joseph Biggs
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Addresses (1)

Bull Street, Dagenham, Essex, South-east England, England
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