Mary Mcnemara formerly King (née Douglas)

???? - 1777


Biography

Slave-owner on Antigua, with estate(s) and enslaved people leased to John Harvey which and whom she left to Sir James Douglas (q.v.). Her death-date is not known but her will was proved in London in early 1778.

  1. Will of Mary McNemara [sic] wife of St Margaret Westminster [made in 1763] proved 26/01/1778. She opened by reciting her marriage settlement with Dr Michael Mcnemara [of January 1762] under which her plantations and enslaved people on Antigua, leased to John Harvey for £1120 p.a., secured to her an annuity of £600 p.a. She left these plantations under entail to Sir James Douglas and his heirs. After monetary legacies her residuary heirs were her husband Michael McNemera and Sir James Douglas, the latter identified in the probate as Vice Admiral of the Red. Her husband's will was proved in 1780. The enslaved people leased to John Harvey appear to have passed via Sir James Douglas to Sir George Douglas bart. (q.v.).

Sources

  1. PROB 11/1038/233; will of Michael Mcnemara Doctor of Physic of Westminster proved 01/08/1780 PROB 11/1068/11.

Further Information

Absentee?
Transatlantic?
Maiden Name
Douglas
Spouse
(1) Benjamin King (2) Michael McNemara

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
1753 [SY] - 1778 [LA] → Owner

Relationships (3)

Daughter → Father
Testator → Legatee
Notes →
Sir James Douglas bart. MP for Orkney was almost certainly the Sir James Douglas Vice Admiral who was trustee and beneficiary under the will of Mary McNemara [sic], his...
Other relatives
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Mary McNemara was the first cousin of Sir George Douglas' father Sir James...