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Formerly of St Kitts but in London at Queen Ann Street when she was made residuary heir of the will of Catherine Estridge Buncombe (q.v.) proved in 1772. She was an annuitant on as yet unidentified estates and enslaved people on St Kitts under he will of her husband George Leigh (d. c. 1765). She was possibly the Mrs Anna Maria Leigh buried 14/10/1793 at St Martin in the Fields.
Ancestry.com Mrs Anna Maria Leigh in the Westminster, London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1558-1812 [database online].
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Legatee → Testator
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Widow → Deceased Husband
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Queen Ann Street, London, Middlesex, London, England
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1729 - 1809
Quaker merchant and banker, abolitionist who manumitted enslaved people in Jamaica
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:
'Anna Maria Leigh', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146665663 [accessed 27th November 2024].
