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Antiguan heiress, married (1) William Yeamans Archbould (2) Sir James Laroche (q.v.). Under her will 'of St James, Westminster but died at Bath' proved 14/02/1781, she left her interest in slave-property in Antigua to her husband Sir James Laroche, with the recommendation to him that in the absence of issue he should in turn leave the estates to Samuel Eliot of Antigua. The property she owned possibly included the Archboulds & Brown estate and the estate that became Laroche's.
PROB 11/1074/226; Vere Langford Oliver History of Antigua Vol. I p.8 'Pedigree of Archibald.'
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Maiden Name
Yeamans
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Spouse
Sir James Laroche
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Previous owner
Inferred to have been one of the estates on Antigua left by Dame Elizabeth LaRoche to her second husband c. 1781. |
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Deceased Wife → Widower
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25th Nov 1776 - 1851
Resident clergyman, proponant of religious instruction for enslaved people.
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:
'Dame Elizabeth Rachel Ann Laroche formerly Archbould (née Yeamans)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146645215 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
