8th Jan 1777 - ????
Daughter and heiress of Edmund Breon of Chester Vale coffee plantation in Port Royal, Jamaica. Born 08/01/1777 and baptised in St Andrew, Jamaica, 17/02/1777.
Her father died in 1792 and she became the ward of Thomas Cockburn. Married Colin MacLarty in Kingston, 30/10/1794. They had a daughter Jean Johnston MacLarty born 17/04/1798 and baptised in Kingston, Jamaica, 17/04/1798. Three more children were baptised in Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland: Mary Ann Brown MacLarty 11/03/1803, Edmund Breon MacLarty 28/11/1803 and Margaret Elizabeth MacLarty 25/09/1807.
Familysearch.org, Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 [database online].
Scots Magazine vol. 57 p. 132 (February 1795). 'Six sets of manuscript accounts, four for Edmund Breon; one for Thomas Cockburn, guardian of Miss Elizabeth Susanna Breon; and one for her husband Colin McLarty, MD.' http://www.richardfordmanuscripts.co.uk/catalogue/15358 [accessed 24/06/2016]. Familysearch.org, Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 [database online]. Familysearch.org batch no. C11955-1.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Maiden Name
Breon
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Spouse
Colin MacLarty
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Children
Jane Johnston (1798-), Mary Ann Brown, Edmund Breon, Margaret Elizabeth
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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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1792 [SY] - 30/10/1794 [ED] → Trust beneficiary
Held by her guardian Thomas Cockburn during her minority |
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30/10/1794 [SD] - 1807 [LA] → Joint owner
Inherited as a minor on the death of her father Edmund Breon in 1792. |
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Daughter → Father
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Wife → Husband
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Kintyre, Argyll, Argyll and Bute, Scotland
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Keil House, Southend, Kintyre, Argyll, Argyll and Bute, Scotland
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1729 - 1809
Quaker merchant and banker, abolitionist who manumitted enslaved people in Jamaica
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:
'Elizabeth Susanna MacLarty (née Breon)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146648625 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
