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Owner of Clifton estate in St Thomas, Barbados, in 1817. She had sold the estate to John Henry Cutting by 1820. She was possibly an in-law of Cutting as he married a woman with the surname Williams and they had a daughter named Margaret Elizabeth. However, this has not been proven from parish registers.
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Name in compensation records
Margaret Eliz. Williams
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£178 13s 2d
Awardee
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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] - 1820 [LA] → Owner
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1826 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
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???? - 1848
Widow of prominent mahogany merchant and landowner
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:
'Margaret Elizabeth Williams', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/5000 [accessed 23rd January 2025].
