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Widow of James Peterkin of Grange in Moray, Scotland and Chatham in St James, Jamaica. Married James Peterkin in 1805. One of the guardians of her children after the death of her husband in 1812.
See entry for her husband James Peterkin and children John Gordon Peterkin and Mary Ann Peterkin.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Maiden Name
Gordon
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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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1812 [SY] - 1827 [LA] → Guardian
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Wife → Husband
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Mother → Son
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Sister-in-law → Brother-in-law
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Mother → Son
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Mother → Daughter
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1787 - 1835
Daughter of "free Mulatto" lodging-house-keeper Jane Charlotte Beckford (c. 1759-1825); possibly the daughter of George Ffrench, Clerk to the Jamaica Assembly. Spinster; independently wealthy slave-owner.
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:
'Ann Peterkin (née Gordon)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146644297 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
