1736 - ????
'Natural daughter' of William Dorrill (owner of Salt River, Paradise and Egypt estates in Westmoreland). Married John Cope, son of John Cope of Strathbogie, in 1753 at the age of 16. Inherited Egypt and Paradise estates from her father in 1754. Eight children baptised in Westmoreland between 1757 and 1773.
Douglas Hall, In miserable slavery: Thomas Thistlewood in Jamaica, 1750-1786 (Mona, Jamaica, 1999) pp. 13, 23-24, 64-65.
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Maiden Name
Dorrill
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Spouse
John Cope
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Children
Elizabeth, Mary, Hannah, Dorrill, John, Robert, Margaret, Haughton
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Wife → Husband
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Natural Daughter → Father
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9th Oct 1760 - 1801
Prominent Liverpool merchant and slave-trader
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:
'Mary or Molly Cope (née Dorrill)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146652953 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
