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Daughter and co-heir of James Williams of Bedford Square (q.v.), and tenant-for-life of half of Unity Valley.
T71/1201: counterclaim by John James Shean, now residing in Paris, by his attorney John Hopton Forbes. James Williams died in February 1806 [sic], leaving 1/2 of the plantation to his daughter Emma, who married Major James [sic] Shean. Mrs Anne Pearson was the sister of Emma Shean.
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Maiden Name
Williams
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Spouse
Major James Shean
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£1,433 10s 7d
Beneficiary (Tenant-for-life)
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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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1804 [EA] - → Heir
Co-heir as tenant for life of a moiety with her sister Ann Pearson nee Williams. |
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Sisters
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Mother → Son
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Daughter → Father
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Sister → Brother
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Sister → Brother
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Daughter → Mother
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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.
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CITING THIS RECORD:
'Emma Shean (née Williams)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146651247 [accessed 23rd December 2024].
