8th Mar 1747 - 8th Feb 1819
Sister of James Wedderburn of Westmoreland (q.v.) and John Wedderburn of Spring Garden (q.v.). Left a legacy of £200 in her brother James' will. She married John Blyth, an architect from Aberdeenshire, which purportedly estranged her from her family who felt his position too lowly. However, her sons John, Alexander and Stuart (all q.v.) also received legacies and recognition in their uncle's will. Her sons were in Jamaica in the 1790s. A daughter Rosamund married ???? Davidson in Jamaica.
Alexander Wedderburn, The Wedderburn Book: a history of the Wedderburns in the counties of Berwick and Forfar, designed of Wedderburn, Kingennie, Easter Powrie, Blackness, Balindean and Gosford, 1296-1896 (Published privately, 1898), p. 343.
Will of James Wedderburn of Westmorland County of Cornwall Island of Jamaica, 20/2/1799, TNA/PROB 11/1320/36.
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Wedderburn
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Spouse
John Blyth
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1761 - ????
"Free quadroon woman" and mother of eleven children; independently wealthy, perhaps through legacies left her by her partners James Tierney (died 1784) and Ebenezer Robertson (died 1825).
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:
'Elizabeth Blyth (née Wedderburn)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146643645 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
