1767 - 1849
Deaths 'at the residence of her son-in-law Lt-Gen Sir JM in Bruton St, Berkeley Square, Mrs Graham, widow of the late Charles Graham, of Williamsfield in the Island of Jamaica in the 82nd year of her age.' Dorothy Graham, 23 Bruton Street, buried 17/11/1849, Kensal Green All Souls.
Granted an annuity of £500 pa on the death of her husband Charles Graham c. 1801 and presumably paid out of the profits of Williamsfield estate in Jamaica.
Times 13/11/1849 p. 7; Ancestry.com, London, England, Deaths and Burials, 1813-1980 [database online].
Will of Charles Graham PROB 11/1361/159.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Spouse
Charles Graham
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Children
Dora
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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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1801 [SY] - 1847 [EY] → Annuitant
Granted an annuity of £500 pa on the death of Charles Graham, presumably charged upon Williamsfield estate. |
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Wife → Husband
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Mother → Daughter
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Mother-in-law → Son-in-law
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23 Bruton Street, London, Middlesex, London, England
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1761 - ????
"Free quadroon woman" and mother of eleven children; independently wealthy, perhaps through legacies left her by her partners James Tierney (died 1784) and Ebenezer Robertson (died 1825).
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.
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CITING THIS RECORD:
'Dorothy Graham', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146647891/ [accessed 19th April 2024].
