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Eleanor Frances Pight, spinster, married Edward Dennis, gentleman, at St Elizabeth by licence, 14/01/1789, both of the parish. She had been born 14/08/1774, daughter of Thomas Pight, and was baptised 01/12/1774 in St Elizabeth.
Elizabeth Frances and Edward Dennis were the parents of: Thomas Senior Dennis, born 1 Ma[rch] 1790 and bapt. 01/06/1790; and Edward Vassall Dennis, born 07/04/1792 and bapt. 21/05/1793.
Familysearch.org, Jamaican Parish Registers, St Elizabeth, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1705-1820 pp. 303, 36.
Ibid. pp. 59. 65.
We are grateful to Paul Hitchings for his assistance with compiling this entry.
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Maiden Name
Pight
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Name in compensation records
Eleanor F. Denniss
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Spouse
Edward Dennis
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Children
Thomas Senior (1790-), Edward Vassall (1792-)
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£300 7s 2d
Awardee
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The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:
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1819 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
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Wife → Husband
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???? - 1848
Successful planter in British Guiana and Grenada; part of a close-knit mixed-race family with numerous business interests.
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:
'Eleanor Frances Dennis (née Pight)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/23920/ [accessed 19th April 2024].
