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In indentures of 19th and 20th July 1831 Thomas Lynch of Ballinasloe [Co. Galway] and Sally Jane his wife sold to James Edward Ash Sadler of St Kitts a one-fourth part of a 500 acre estate on St Kitts devised under the will of James Sadler made 26/02/1810 for a bond of £1300 with interest at 41/2%. They also sold the three enslaved people Statira, Roxanna and Pompey and all their interest in the personal estate of Edward Canes [sic] as executor of James Sadler.
Abstract of the Deeds Inrolled in [Ireland] Chancery 1834-1839 (Dublin, 1840) p. 165.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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- 1831 [EY] → Joint owner
Joint owner of a one-fourth interest which he and his wife Sally Jane Lynch to James Edward Ash Lynch sold in 1831. |
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Husband → Wife
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Legatee → Testator
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Probably inherited by his...
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Ballinasloe, Co. Galway, Ireland
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1785 - 1854
Jamaican-born widow of a prominent slave-owner; resident in Britain following the death of her husband in 1818. Accused - and acquitted - of the cruel treatment of some enslaved people whom she brought to Britain with her.
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:
'Thomas Lynch', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146665257 [accessed 25th November 2024].
