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Co-owner of Spring estate in Jamaica.
Will of Rebecca Woolnough widow of Bristol, Gloucestershire proved 27/04/1761. In the will she left her real estate in trust for her daughter Elizabeth, wife of John Hugh Smith, for life, 'to her own and separate use', and then to Elizabeth's children, with Elizabeth having the power to dispose of the property in the absence of such children.
James, Mary and Reb. [sic] Day were listed in the Quit Rent books of 1754 as owning 560 acres in St Andrew, 400 acres in Westmoreland and 300 acres in St Thomas-in-the-East, total 1260 acres. Mary was Rebecca Woolnough's sister.
PROB 11/865/90.
A List of landholders in the Island of Jamaica together with the number of acres each person possessed taken from the quit rent books in the year 1754', TNA CO 142/31 transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples2/1754lead.htm.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Maiden Name
Elbridge
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Spouse
Married but no further details
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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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1752 [EA] - 1759 [LA] → Joint owner
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Sister-in-law → Brother-in-law
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Niece → Uncle
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Daughter → Father
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Niece → Uncle
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Sisters
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Mother-in-law → Son-in-law
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Mother → Daughter
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Bristol, Gloucestershire, South-west England, England
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1781 - 1830
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family who had numerous mercantile connections in the West Indies. The compensation for Baillie's Bacolet in Grenada was awarded to the trustees of her marriage settlement. Grand-daughter of Colin Roy Campbell of Glenmure. Apparently a victim of the quack doctor John St John Lang of Harley Street in 1830.
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:
'Rebecca Woolnough (née Elbridge)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146650347 [accessed 21st November 2024].
