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Margaret Tayler, daughter of Thomas Weir Tayler, owner of Auchenbeddie (then in St Elizabeth), and Ann Pierce, "a free mulatto", born 03/04/1790 and baptised 21/10/1790 in St Elizabeth, Jamaica, the same day as her mother and her sister Elizabeth. Married William Ashton of St John in Newport at St Mary Magdalene Church in Lincoln, 28/11/1814. Described as Mrs. Margaret Ashton of the city of Lincoln in her father's will, written 1819. A daughter, Frances, was baptised in the same church to William and Margaret Ashton in January 1815. Two more children, Eliza Ann and Cordelia, baptised in 1816 and 1818 in St John in Newport, Lincolnshire, when William Ashton's occupation was given as mason. Cordelia died in 1820.
Familysearch.org, Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 [database online]; Findmypast.co.uk, Lincolnshire Marriages [database online]; Findmypast.co.uk, England, Births & Baptisms 1538-1975 [database online].
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Maiden Name
Tayler
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Spouse
William Ashton
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Children
Frances (1815-), Eliza Ann (1816-), Cordelia (1818-1820)
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1817 [EA] - 1817 [LA] → Trust beneficiary
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Lincoln, Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England
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1789 - 14th Mar 1860
Possibly the first 'ethnic minority' MP to be elected (in 1832) to the House of Commons.
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:
'Margaret Ashton (née Tayler)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146653719 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
