???? - 1889
'Slave-property' in Jamaica which had belonged to her grandfather Samuel Virgin and an annuity secured on her father William Murray's property including enslaved people (again in Jamaica) was settled on her on her marriage to Charles Ashburnham in 1832. She left £54,351 2s 9d on her death in 1889, having remarried to Sir Godfrey Webster.
East Sussex Record Office AMS6066, 'Settlements on the marriages of Sarah Joanna Murray with Charles Ashburnham in 1832 and Godfrey Webster in 1851 with other papers' http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/de7ea952-9760-4e3a-9ec5-aafb773d391f [accessed 18/09/2017]
|
Absentee?
British/Irish
|
|
Maiden Name
Murray
|
|
Spouse
(1) Charles Ashburnham (2) Sir Godfrey Webster
|
|
Wealth at death
£54,351 2S 9D
|
|
Sisters
|
|
Wife → Second Husband
|
|
Daughter → Father
|
|
Daughter → Mother
|
|
Grand-daughter → Grandfather
|
1761 - ????
"Free quadroon woman" and mother of eleven children; independently wealthy, perhaps through legacies left her by her partners James Tierney (died 1784) and Ebenezer Robertson (died 1825).
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:
'Sarah Joanna Ashburnham later Webster (née Murray)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146653877 [accessed 25th November 2024].
