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Katherine Ann Hinds Cobham (née Skinner)

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1867

Biography

Reportedly purchased Stepney estate in Barbados in the Apprenticeship period for £26,000 in 1835, including 364 acres of land, compensation for 197 enslaved persons, and the remainder of the apprenticeship terms.

  1. Cobham, Richard Judge Vice Adm. Court m. Katherine Anne [sic] Hinds dau. Richard Skinner, Barbados 30/03/1819.

  2. Administration of the will of Katherine Ann Hinds Cobham late of 29 Montpellier Road Brighton who died there 19/09/1867 granted 31/10/1867 to Mary Caddell Cobham spinster daughter, effects under £7000.


Sources

Kathleen Mary Butler, The Economics of Emancipation: Jamaica and Barbados 1823-1843 (Chapel Hill and London, University of North Carolina Press, 1995) p. 107.

  1. David Dobson American Vital Records from the Gentleman's Magazine, 1731-1868 p. 61.

  2. National Probate Calendar 1867.

Further Information

Absentee?
Transatlantic
Maiden Name
Skinner
Spouse
Richard Cobham
Children
Mary Caddell

Associated Estates (1)

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
1835 [SY] - → Owner
Stepney [ Barbados | St George ]

Relationships (2)

Katherine Ann Hinds Cobham (née Skinner)
Daughter-in-law → Father-in-law
Richard Cobham I
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Notes →
Katherine Anne Hinds married Richard Cobham in 1819: her husband was almost certainly the Richard Cobham who appeared in the will of Richard Cobham...
Katherine Ann Hinds Cobham (née Skinner)
Daughter → Father
The Hon. Richard Skinner
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Addresses (1)

29 Montpelier Road, Brighton, Sussex, South-east England, England
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