No Dates
Clearly connected with (possibly as sister of) Edward Lawrence (q.v.) the son of Samuel Lawrence of Nevis, and with Catherine W. Lawrence (q.v) also of Bath.
T71/882 Nevis claim no. 144 for Eliza Lawrence, spinster; Nevis claim nos. 138 and 143 for Catherine and Edward Lawrence.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Name in compensation records
Eliza Lawrence spinster
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£19 18s 10d
Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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Bath, Somerset, South-west 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:
'Eliza Lawrence spinster', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/25213 [accessed 24th November 2024].
