No Dates
Slave-owner on Antigua, inheriting unnamed and as yet untraced estates from her brother Thomas Shephard (q.v.) in 1770. Mother of Lydia Sutton (q.v.).
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Absentee?
Transatlantic?
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Maiden Name
Shephard
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Spouse
Samuel Byam
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Children
Lydia
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Mother → Daughter
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Sister → Brother
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1781 - 1830
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family who had numerous mercantile connections in the West Indies. The compensation for Baillie's Bacolet in Grenada was awarded to the trustees of her marriage settlement. Grand-daughter of Colin Roy Campbell of Glenmure. Apparently a victim of the quack doctor John St John Lang of Harley Street in 1830.
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:
'Elizabeth Byam (née Shephard)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146655395 [accessed 25th November 2024].
