Mary Douglas

Profile & Legacies Summary

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Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Wife of Henry Douglas (q.v.) and almost certainly the Mary Gray daughter of Robert Gray, a legatee and annuitant along with her cousins under the will of their uncle Charles Gray of Tobago.

Sources

T71/891 Tobago 71A-F, which identifies the couple as of Dunfermline.

Further Information

Absentee?

British/Irish

Spouse

Henry Douglas

Associated Claims (2)

Relationships (1)

Mary Douglas

Wife → Husband

Henry Douglas

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Addresses (1)

Dunfermline, Fife, North-east Scotland, Scotland

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Further Information

People of Interest

Rev. William Marshall Harte

25^th Nov 1776 - 1851

Resident clergyman, proponant of religious instruction for enslaved people.

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Documents of Interest

Windsor and Williamsfield Inventory of Slaves 1814 p8

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:
'Mary Douglas', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/46808 [accessed 22nd November 2024].

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