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Formerly of Jamaica, but of Hartlepool in 1758 when William Perrin (q.v.) made his will, of which she was a beneficiary. The payments to her under the will were linked to an earlier sale by her of enslaved Africans on Jamaica.
'To Mrs Margaret Bains formerly of Jamaica now of Hartlepool in England £30 sterling to be paid immediately after my decease and £55 sterling per annum for life together with a release and acquital of all the sums of money paid to and for her here and in England by myself and attorneys on condition of her waving any claim to what her nine negroes sold for since my arrival in this island.'
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Absentee?
Transatlantic
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Legatee → Testator
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Hartlepool, Co. Durham, North-east England, England
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???? - 29th Aug 1873
Free person of colour, slave-owner in Jamaica. Long-term partner and later wife of Thomas Legal Yates. Living in Britain from the mid-1830s until her death in 1873.
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:
'Mrs Margaret Bains of Hartlepool', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146667463 [accessed 28th April 2024].
