26th Jan 1804 - ????
Mary, Janet, Joseph and Catherine Bell Kerr are named as the children of James Kerr by Sarah Cope in his will. James Kerr died in Glasgow in 1816. James Kerr made these children his residuary legatees.
Mary Kerr, daughter of Sarah Cope, "free mulatto", born 26/01/1804 and baptised in St Catherine, 19/09/1805. Janet Kerr, same mother, born 05/09/1805 and baptised at the same time as Mary. Sarah Cope, "free mulatto", had a daughter, Catherine Isabel Kerr, born 22/09/1815 and baptised 18/05/1816 in St Catherine, Jamaica.
CC10/5/14, Hamilton & Campsie Commissary Court.
Familysearch.org, Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 [database online].
We are grateful to Diane Cole for her assistance with compiling this entry.
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1816 [SY] - 1834 [LA] → Trust beneficiary
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1787 - 1861
Enslaved boy on Unity Valley Pen, Jamaica. Manumitted in 1795 by David Barclay and removed to Philadelphia, with 29 other freed persons from the estate, where he was placed under the care of Society for Improving the Condition of Free Blacks.
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:
'Mary Kerr', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146664961 [accessed 25th November 2024].
