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The will of Martha Hinton East widow of [St Andrew Jamaica but now residing at] Upper Montague Street 6 Montague Square [made in 1814 with codicils of 1816] was proved 02/05/1820. Among her monetary legacies, mostly to female relatives, was £50 currency not further explained to 'a mulatta young woman called Mary Gardiner the daughter of a black woman called Sarah' whom [Mary Gardiner] she also manumitted. Her residuary legatee was her nephew Edward Hyde East (q.v.).
PROB 11/1629/9.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Spouse
Hinton East
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Widow → Deceased Husband
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Aunt → Nephew
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Aunt → Niece
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Upper Montague Street, Montague Square, London, Middlesex, London, England
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1791 - 1862
Free woman of colour; left Demerara in 1812 as a young woman and settled in Starthforth, Yorkshire, where she died in 1862.
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:
'Martha Hinton East', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146660911 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
