UCL

Mary Elizabeth Roe (née Mathew)

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1842

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Daughter of Daniel Byam Mathew (q.v.) who in 1815 placed the North Sound estate in trust as part of her marriage settlement with William Thomas Roe. The trustees sold the estate and the enslaved people on it the following year. Mary Elizabeth Roe also counterclaimed unsuccessfully as an annuitant on the Pennitenny estate on St Kitts.

  1. In the will of Mary Elizabeth Roe widow of Withdean Sussex and of Weymouth Street proved 31/08/1842, she left her property in Australia, the West Indies and Britain after monetary legacies to Elizabeth Jones of Steeple Aston in Leicestershire.

Sources

  1. PROB 11/1965/125.

Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish
Maiden Name
Mathew
Spouse
William Thomas Roe
Children
William Dering Adair; Eliza Sophia Frances

Associated Claims (1)

St Kitts 219 (Pennitenny)
£2,910 12s 6d
Unsuccessful claimant (Annuitant)
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Associated Estates (1)

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
1815 [SY] - 1816 [EY] → Trust beneficiary
Cochrane's, Old North Sound [ Antigua ]

Relationships (2)

Mary Elizabeth Roe (née Mathew)
Daughter → Father
Daniel Byam Mathew
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Mary Elizabeth Roe (née Mathew)
Wife → Husband
William Thomas Roe
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Addresses (2)

Withdean, Sussex, South-east England, England
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Weymouth Street, London, Middlesex, London, England
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