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Elizabeth Beckford (née Carroll)

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1814

Biography

Elizabeth Carroll was the owner of the Oxford and Spring Garden estates in Jamaica inherited from her father James Carroll in 1753. The Chancery case of Susannah Hyde Beckford v Kemble and others in 1822 covered the 1763 marriage settlement and subsequent mortgage (to Richard Beckford and Rice James) by Nathaniel and Elizabeth Beckford of estates in Jamaica. The estates were unnamed but from other evidence included Spring Garden and Oxford, both in St Thomas-in-the-East.


Sources

PROB 11/829/386; Reports of Cases Decided in the High Court of Chancery by Sir John Leach Vol. I 1822 1823 1824 (London, 1824) pp. 7-16. This account of the case shows the marriage settlement as of 1768 whereas the Accounts Produce show the change from Elizabeth Carroll to Elizabeth Beckford in 1763.

Further Information

Absentee?
Transatlantic
Maiden Name
Carroll
Spouse
Nathaniel Beckford
Children
Susannah Hyde

Associated Estates (4)

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:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1764 [EA] - 1769 [LA] → Joint owner
Oxford [ Jamaica | St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey ]
1753 [SY] - 1763 [LA] → Owner
Oxford [ Jamaica | St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey ]
1764 [EA] - 1769 [LA] → Joint owner
Spring Garden [ Jamaica | St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey ]
1753 [SY] - 1762 [LA] → Owner
Spring Garden [ Jamaica | St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey ]

Relationships (2)

Elizabeth Beckford (née Carroll)
Wife → Husband
Nathaniel Beckford
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Elizabeth Beckford (née Carroll)
Daughter → Father
James Carroll
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