6th Oct 1794 - ????
Youngest daughter of Thomas Kaylett senior. Baptised 23/10/1794 in St Andrew, Jamaica. Bequeathed £5,000 by her father at age 21 or at marriage. The compensation for enslaved people on Maverley estate was awarded to George Joad, being: a primary charge on the compensation; the purchase money for 41 enslaved persons; and the principal advanced on a mortgage of 45 enslaved persons etc., totalling £9779 17s 8d.
Jane Kaylett married the London shipping merchant John Charles White 27/10/1814 at Marylebone.
PROB 11/1656/153. Ancestry.com, London, England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 [database online]; the entry shows Jane as a minor, marrying with the consent of her mother and lawful guardian, Elizabeth Dewdney formerly Kaylet.
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Maiden Name
Kaylett
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Spouse
John Charles White
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Marylebone, London, Middlesex, London, England
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1781 - 1830
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family who had numerous mercantile connections in the West Indies. The compensation for Baillie's Bacolet in Grenada was awarded to the trustees of her marriage settlement. Grand-daughter of Colin Roy Campbell of Glenmure. Apparently a victim of the quack doctor John St John Lang of Harley Street in 1830.
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:
'Jane White (née Kaylett)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146638405 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
