Sarah Racster

9th Aug 1787 - ????


Biography

  1. Sarah Racster, daughter of "free mulatto woman" Elizabeth Hall and John Racster, born 09/08/1787 and baptised in Kingston 20/12/1788. Her sister Frances was born in 1785 and baptised in 1786. Sarah Racster owned enslaved people in Kingston in 1817 and probably died between 1823 and 1826.

  2. Frances and Sarah Racster were named as the neices of Isabella Hall, owner of Sabina Park pen in St Andrew, in her will written in 1821. Isabella and Elizabeth Hall were probably the daughters of Elizabeth Pinnock, a "free negro woman" and Oliver Hall, born in 1762 and 1768 respectively, and baptised in Kingston, Jamaica.

  3. James Taylor, son of Sarah Taylor, "free mestee" and William Taylor, born 21/03/1810 and baptised 27/02/1811 in Kingston.


Sources

  1. Familysearch.org, Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 [database online].

  2. Will of Bella otherwise Isabella Hall, Spinster of Kingston, Jamaica PROB 11/1708/407. For details of Sabina Park Pen see Jamaican almanacs. Familysearch.org, Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 [database online].

  3. Familysearch.org, Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 [database online].


Associated Estates (3)

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
1823 [EA] - → Executrix
1817 [EA] - → Owner
1829 [EA] - → Previous owner

Relationships (3)

Niece → Aunt
Sisters
Mother → Natural Son