15th Jul 1804 - ????
Born 15/07/1804 and baptised 08/09/1805 in St James, Bristol, daughter of William Bennett and Elizabeth Corne Bennett nee Pownall. Inherited a share in Silver Hill estate in St Andrew, Jamaica, in trust on the death of her uncle James Corne Pownall in 1824. Assumed to be alive in 1824 but not traced after her baptism.
Ancestry.com, England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906 [database online]; PROB 11/1719/375.
We are grateful to Howard Mais, Rita Lamb and Jill Britton for their assistance with compiling this entry.
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Bristol, Gloucestershire, South-west England, England
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1787 - 1835
Daughter of "free Mulatto" lodging-house-keeper Jane Charlotte Beckford (c. 1759-1825); possibly the daughter of George Ffrench, Clerk to the Jamaica Assembly. Spinster; independently wealthy slave-owner.
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:
'Elizabeth Bennett', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146654727 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
