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Daughter of Francis Maitland and his wife Ann nee Wright. Married to Samuel Sherman, described in Ann Maitland's will as a planter in St Elizabeth. Inherited a 1/8 share in Giddy Hall under the will of her mother and a share in Mitcham and Silver Grove under the will of her grandfather Andrew Wright.
Charles Welby Sherman, the son of Samuel Sherman and Emma Rebecca, was baptised in Manchester, Jamaica, 10/03/1845.
An unsourced family tree on Ancestry gives her birth as 14/03/1815 in St Elizabeth, Jamaica.
See entries for her mother and grandfather.
Familysearch.org, Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 [database online].
Ancestry.com, family tree by purplefrog505.
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Maiden Name
Maitland
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Spouse
Samuel Sherman
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Children
Charles Welby
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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:
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1729 - 1809
Quaker merchant and banker, abolitionist who manumitted enslaved people in Jamaica
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.
© Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2024
CITING THIS RECORD:
'Emma Rebecca Sherman (née Maitland)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146638471 [accessed 23rd December 2024].
