Susannah Jane Dickson (née Moore)

Owner of Moore Hall in St Mary, Jamaica, which she bequeathed to her cousin Edward Beeston Long (her mother and Edward Beeston Long's father were siblings). Referred to in the will of Edward Beeston Long as 'Susan Jane Dixon late of Cavendish Square'. Daughter of Sir Henry Moore and his wife Catharine Maria Long.

1. Will of Susanna Jane or Susanna Dickson widow of Cavendish Square [made 16/10/1820] proved 28/04/1821. In the will she identified herself as the relict of Lt Col. Alexander Dickson and daughter of the late Sir Henry Moore bart. She left Moore Hall and the enslaved people upon it to her cousin Edward Beeston Long, with remainder to his son Henry Lawes Long (both of whom q.v.). She left her maid Mary Neale £1500, £1000 to her butler and £500 to her footman, further bequests to other servants, and monetary legacies totalling over £10,000 to numerous relatives, godchildren and friends.

PROB 11/1704/415. She is sometimes given as 'Dixon' in the Slave Registers. Joseph S. Tiedemann, ‘Moore, Sir Henry, first baronet (1713–1769)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2005 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/19116, accessed 03/07/2018].

1. PROB 11/1642/330.