Jane Rose Cruden the elder

1764 - 1831


Biography

Deceased by the time of the 1832 Barbados Slave Register. This is probably Jane Rose Cruden who was buried, aged 68, in St Michael, Barbados, 1 January 1832. She was described in the burial register as 'FM' (Free Mulatto). Jane Rose Cruden the elder was the mother of children with George Cruden of Surinam, including Jane Rose Cruden the younger and Katherine Rose Cruden (both q.v., who also appear in the compensation records for Surinam in 1863).


Sources

T71/547, p. 104; Barbados, Church Records, 1637-1887, FamilySearch.

Will of George Cruden, PROB 11/1656/410.

We are grateful to Carmen Klein for her assistance with compiling this entry.


Associated Estates (3)

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
1832 [EA] - → Previous owner
1817 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Owner
1817 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Guardian

Relationships (3)

Extra-marital relationships
Notes →
Jane Rose Cruden was identified in the will of George Cruden of Surinam (made 1818, proved 1822) as the mother of his natural children, who included a second Jane Rose Cruden (to whom the Slave...
Mother → Natural Daughter
Mother → Natural Daughter