Rachael Warner (née Pare)

???? - 1805


Biography

1st daughter and co-heir of John Pare of Antigua, from whom she inherited one moiety of the Pares estate on his death in 1757 at Clifton; she also owned the Belvidere estate on Antigua, probably through her marriage, and the Waterford estate (q.v.) on Barbados which she apparently inherited through the marriage of an aunt to Mr Tunckes of Barbados. She died in London c. 1805. Her will appears to run counter to much of the will of her deceased husband Dr Ashton Warner (dated 05/04/1789) in which he sought to leave property, including the Belvidere plantation for life, to Mrs Mary Ann Masset, a widow of Antigua.

  1. Will of Rachael Warner widow of Island of Antigua [late of Devonshire Place] [made in 1803] proved 10/12/1805. Under the will she left £2500 to her great niece [and namesake] Rachael Pare Edwards, secured her one moiety of an estate [and the enslaved people on it] in Old North Sound Antigua which she later in the will identified as Pares, of which she left one moiety to her nephew Rowland Otto Baijer for life and then to her grand-nephew Samuel Otto Baijer, and one moiety to her niece Katherine Edwards for life and then to Katherine's children. She left the Waterford estate [and the enslaved people on it] to her nephew Rowland Otto Baijer and her niece Katherine Edwards as tenants-in-common. She left Belvidere [and the enslaved people on it] in trust to support an annuity of £100 p.a. to Barbara Dunbar the sister of her dead husband and a number of monetary legacies totalling £5050 (including £1000 to Henry Fowke of Tewkesbury), with the estate and enslaved people themselves left to her godson Ashton Warner jun., son of William Warner [of Dominica], and then to his brother Joseph Thos. Warner (q.v.).

Sources

Vere Langford Oliver, History of Antigua Vol. III p. 1, 'Family of Pares.'

  1. PROB 11/1435/82

Further Information

Maiden Name
Pare
Spouse
Hon. Dr Ashton Warner

Associated Estates (3)

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:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
- 1805 [EY] → Owner

In her will proved 10/12/1805 Rachael Warner nee Pare left Belvidere in trust for her godson Ashton Warner jun., subject to several monetary legacies to family and friends.

- 1805 [EY] → Joint owner

In her will (proved 10/12/1805) Rachael Warner nee Pare left moieties of her moiety of the Pares estate and the people on it to her nephew Rowland Otto Baijer and niece Katharine Edwards.

- 1805 [EY] → Owner

Under her will, Rachael Warner née Pare left the Waterford estate and the enslaved people on it to her nephew Rowland Otto Baijer and her niece Katharine Edwards.


Relationships (4)

Other relatives
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Samuel Otto Baijer was the great-nephew of Rachael Warner née...
Aunt → Nephew
Wife → Husband
Aunt → Niece
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Rachael Warner described Katherine Edwards as her niece in her will; and Katherine Edwards referred to her 'late aunt' in her own...