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Co-owner of Spring Valley, with her sisters Jane Thomson and Mary Stewart (the latter the wife of Robert Stewart), and widow of George Harrison Cosens (q.v.). She moved to Britain shortly before her death in Exeter in December 1821.
Marriage "At Robertsfield plantation, in Port-Royal mountains on the 16th inst. by the Rev. Edward Marshall, George Harrison Cosens, Esq. of St George's, to Grace, second daughter of Archibald Thompson, late of this city."
Will of Grace Cosens of Kingston Surrey [Jamaica] proved 10/03/1823. She left her one-third share of Spring Valley in trust for her sister Jane Thomson to take the income (as long as she remained unmarried) until Grace Cosens' daughter Jane Mary Cosens reached 21, when the share would go to her.
Royal Gazette of Jamaica 20/07/1816.
PROB 11/1667/301.
We are grateful to Peter Selley for his assistance with compiling this entry.
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Absentee?
Transatlantic
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Maiden Name
Thomson or Thompson
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Spouse
George Harrison Cosens
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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:
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1817 [EA] - 1821 [LA] → Joint owner
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Widow → Deceased Husband
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Step-mother → Step-daughter
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Step-mother → Step-son
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Step-mother → Step-son
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Step-mother → Step-son
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Mother → Daughter
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Sister-in-law → Brother-in-law
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Sisters
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Sister-in-law → Brother-in-law
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Sisters
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Exeter, Devon, Devon & Cornwall, England
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1789 - 14th Mar 1860
Possibly the first 'ethnic minority' MP to be elected (in 1832) to the House of Commons.
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:
'Grace Cosens (née Thomson or Thompson)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146658343 [accessed 22nd December 2024].
