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Daughter of George Rodon (q.v.) and his wife Grace Waldron Smith, baptised 22/04/1784 in Vere, Jamaica. Married Sir Arthur MacKenzie, Bart. (1782-1836) in 1810. Her father lent her husband £6000 to buy Jericho plantation in Clarendon; in his will dated 1813 he left £5000 of this debt to Mary Tabitha in trust. Arthur MacKenzie and Mary Tabitha had four children all baptised in Dry River, Vere, the plantation owned by Mary Tabitha's father.
Familysearch.org, Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 [database online]. Will of George Rodon PROB 11/1763/116. Familysearch Community Tree, British Isles. Peerage, Baronetage, and Landed Gentry families with extended lineage [database online].
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Maiden Name
Rodon
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Spouse
Sir Arthur MacKenzie
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Children
Sir George (1811-1839), Paul (1812-), Francis Smith (1813-), Mary Ann (1815-)
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1761 - ????
"Free quadroon woman" and mother of eleven children; independently wealthy, perhaps through legacies left her by her partners James Tierney (died 1784) and Ebenezer Robertson (died 1825).
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:
'Mary Tabitha MacKenzie (née Rodon)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146633706 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
