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Listed in the Crop Accounts 1762-63 as owner of Spring Garden estate (Westmoreland, Jamaica). From 1765 to 1772 she is listed as deceased owner, with the estate under the care and direction of her executors John Kinlock, Robert Douglas and John Macourtie (all q.v.).
Elizabeth Rutherford of Westmoreland, widow. Estate probated in Jamaica in 1762. Slave-ownership at probate: 199 of whom 94 were listed as male and 105 as female. 0 were listed as boys, girls or children. Total value of estate at probate: £11865.75 Jamaican currency of which £8990 currency was the value of enslaved people. Estate valuation included £0 currency cash, £0 currency debts and £53.75 currency plate.
1B/11/4/4 Crop Account 1763-1766 Jamaica Archive p. 39, 91, 127, 163; IB/11/4/6 Crop Account 1772-81 Jamaica Archive p.140, 137, 200; IB/11/4/6 Crop Account 1772-81 Jamaica Archive p.36, 160, 219.
Trevor Burnard, Database of Jamaican inventories, 1674-1784.
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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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1762 [EA] - 1765 [LA] → Previous owner
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Testator → Executor
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Testator → Executor
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Testator → Executor
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1785 - 1854
Jamaican-born widow of a prominent slave-owner; resident in Britain following the death of her husband in 1818. Accused - and acquitted - of the cruel treatment of some enslaved people whom she brought to Britain with her.
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:
'Mrs Elizabeth Rutherford', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146643107 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
