1749 - 1824
Probably Richard Ambrose Layne who was buried 3 January 1825 in St Joseph, Barbados, aged 76. (Estimated birth year 1749.) Probably the same as Richard Ambrose Lane who married Mary Carmichael 13 July 1786 in St Joseph.
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Mary Carmichael
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1817 [EA] - 1824 [LA] → Owner
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Husband → Wife
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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:
'Richard Ambrose Layne', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146640963 [accessed 22nd February 2025].
