Mary Colleton Roach

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1807

Biography

Will of Mary Colleton Roach widow of Barbados proved 24/07/1807. She left monetary legacies of more than £19000 currency and several groups of enslaved people: 'Billy (by trade cooper) Betsey and Mary Ann (women)' to Elizabeth Mashurst [?] Campion; 'Dicky (a man) Lettice, Thomasina and Melia (women)' to Mary Christian Campion; and Boatswain and James to George Barclay. She manumitted an enslaved woman called Molly and left her four enslaved women Hester Pallas Molly her daughter and Ninah. Mary Colleton Roach's property in Barbados appeared to be urban, her 'place' at Allgate and a house in George Street.

Sources

PROB 11/1465/144.

Further Information

Spouse

John Roach

Relationships (2)

Mary Colleton Roach

Widow → Deceased Husband

John Roach of St Michael Barbados

Mary Colleton Roach

Testator → Legatee

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People of Interest

Rev. William Marshall Harte

25^th Nov 1776 - 1851

Resident clergyman, proponant of religious instruction for enslaved people.

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Documents of Interest

Windsor and Williamsfield Inventory of Slaves 1814 p8

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 Colleton Roach', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146654633 [accessed 22nd November 2024].

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