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Ann Whyte

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Ann White or Whyte, and "her true mulatto children" Janet, Robert, David, Elizabeth, George, James, John and Maria Edmiston, were slave-owners in St Thomas-in-the-East, Jamaica, from at least 1817 to 1834. The baptisms of two of these children given them as "free quadroons". The children's father was probably Robert Edmiston senior Esquire, who held the life interest in these enslaved people.

Probably also the Ann White who registered enslaved people as guardian of James White McTaggart and Emmy McTaggart in St Thomas-in-the-East in 1817.


Sources

Familysearch.org, Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 [database online].

Associated Claims (1)

Jamaica St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey 506
£131 3s 5d
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Associated Estates (1)

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:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1817 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Joint owner
Round Hill [ Jamaica | St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey ]

Relationships (9)

Ann Whyte
Mother → Natural Daughter
Janet Edmiston
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Ann Whyte
Mother → Natural Son
Robert Edmiston
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Ann Whyte
Mother → Natural Son
David Edmiston
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Ann Whyte
Mother → Natural Daughter
Elizabeth Edmiston
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Ann Whyte
Mother → Natural Son
George Edmiston
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Ann Whyte
Mother → Natural Son
James Edmiston
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Ann Whyte
Mother → Natural Son
John Edmiston
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Ann Whyte
Mother → Natural Daughter
Maria Edmiston
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Ann Whyte
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Robert Edmiston
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Inferred by LBS. Ann Whyte's 8 children surnamed Edmiston held enslaved people to whose labour Robert Edmiston [senior] was reportedly entitled for his...