UCL

Mrs Mary Mackenzie (née Read)

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1836

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Given as Mrs Mary McKenzie in the compensation records. Widow of Peter Mackenzie of Twickenham (q.v.), into marriage with whom she appears to have brought part-ownership of Harmony Hall and of the enslaved people on it.

  1. Will of Mary Mackenzie widow of Twickenham proved 05/08/1836. In the will she left her entire estate to two daughters, Sarah Mackenzie Carmichael and Dorothy Parker Bellaris. Her third daughter, Mary Stevens Mackenzie, who married John Byng, later 1st Earl of Strafford, had predeceased her in 1806.

Sources

  1. PROB 11/1865/441.

Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish
Maiden Name
Read
Name in compensation records
Mrs Mary McKenzie
Spouse
Peter Mackenzie

Associated Claims (1)

Jamaica Vere 37 (Harmony Hall)
£3,018 16s 11d
Unsuccessful claimant (Owner-in-fee)
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Associated Estates (1)

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:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1817 [SY] - 1836 [LA] → Owner
Harmony Hall [ Jamaica | Vere ]

Although the estate was registered to her in 1839, she had died in 1836.

Relationships (4)

Mrs Mary Mackenzie (née Read)
Wife → Husband
Peter Mackenzie
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Mrs Mary Mackenzie (née Read)
Grandmother → Grandson
George Stevens Byng, 2nd Earl of Strafford
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Mrs Mary Mackenzie (née Read)
Sister-in-law → Brother-in-law
Tristram Radcliffe
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Mrs Mary Mackenzie (née Read)
Daughter → Father
Ennis Read
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Addresses (1)

Twickenham, Surrey, South-east England, England
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