7th Apr 1796 - ????
Mary Mortimer Tayler, born 07/04/1796 and baptised 02/04/1810 at Keynsham estate (then in St Elizabeth, Jamaica). Daughter of Thomas Weir Tayler, owner of Auchenbeddie, and Ann Pierce, "a free mulatto". A slave-owner in her own right by 1817, she signed the slave registers by mark. Inherited £50 sterling in the will of her father, who died c. 1829.
Familysearch.org, Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 [database online]; see separate entry for Thomas Weir Tayler senior.
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£98 17s 3d
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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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1817 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Owner
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1832 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Joint owner
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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.
© Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2024
CITING THIS RECORD:
'Mary Mortimer Tayler', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/43094/ [accessed 11th December 2024].
