Sarah Board Marshall (née Gilroy)

Profile & Legacies Summary

1808 - ????

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Daughter of Ralph Gilroy of Gainslaw, she inherited a half-share in Berwick estate in Port Royal, Jamaica, upon his death in 1826. Sister of Mary Ann Howey (q.v.), she married Matthew Marshall (q.v.) in 1829 and is a widow by the census of 1851.

Born c. 1808 in Jamaica. Parents Ralph Gilroy of Gainslaw, coffee planter, and Annie Silburn. Married Matthew Marshall in Eglingham, Northumberland, 07/04/1829. A widow by the census of 1851 when she is visiting her younger sister Mary Ann Howey (q.v.) at Bridge Castle, Torphichen, West Lothian, her occupation given as "Annuitant". Informant and present for the death of her sister Mary Ann Howey in Edinburgh in 1867.
The will of Ralph Gilroy of Gainslaw House (proved at London 09/08/1826 and then at Durham in 1828) is held at the Archives and Special Collections section of Durham University Library.

Sources

T71/864 Port Royal No. 42.

Ancestry.com, England and Wales, Marriages and Banns, 1538-1940 [database online]; 1851 census online; Newcastle Courant 06/01/1828; General Register Office for Scotland, Deaths 1867 685/1 990.
http://familyrecords.dur.ac.uk/nei/NEI_trade_imag_trans.htm#ii; PROB 11/1715/286.

Further Information

Absentee?

British/Irish

Maiden Name

Gilroy

Spouse

Matthew Marshall

Associated Claims (1)

Associated Estates (1)

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