Mary Jane Tuckniss (née Austin)

Daughter of Rev. Richard Austin (q.v.) and one of the beneficiaries of claims against several slave-owners in Surinam by the Austin family as creditors. Charles Adye Austin, M.J. Tuckniss [given as Tuckness] and W.P. Austin also claimed as owners of one-third each of the 106 enslaved people on Plantage Kleinhoop, for which the compensation was paid to creditors.

In 1863, claims were made on behalf of William Paul Austin as creditor for the enslaved people on several estates in Surinam. In turn William Paul Austin was shown as having some form of power of attorney dated 1859 from C.A. Austin of Pernambuco and Mary Jane Austin and her [deceased] husband Benjamin Fuller Tuckniss (q.v.) [also given as 'Benjamin Tullen Tuckness'] of Blandford Dorset; Nationaal Archief, Den Haag, Algemene Rekenkamer CB (Comptabel Beheer), nummer toegang 2.02.09.08, inventarisnummer 223, claim no. 17, Plantage Berg en Dal (aan de rivier Suriname, divisie A); Nationaal Archief, Den Haag, Algemene Rekenkamer CB (Comptabel Beheer), nummer toegang 2.02.09.08, inventarisnummer 223, claim no. 29 Plantage Breukelerwaard (aan de rivier Boven Commewijne, divisie C); Nationaal Archief, Den Haag, Algemene Rekenkamer CB (Comptabel Beheer), nummer toegang 2.02.09.08, inventarisnummer 225, claim no. 115 Plantage Kleinhoop (aan de rivier Cottica, divisie Boven Cottica en Perica).

We are grateful for the help of Okke ten Hove with this entry.