Dorothy Elizabeth Coxall

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Biography

Free woman of colour, grand-daughter of Dorothy 'Doll' or 'Dolly' Thomas, and daughter of Elizabeth Thomas, the common law wife of the Grenada shipbuilder and merchant John Coxall. Both Elizabeth Thomas and John Coxall died at sea in 1818. His natural children inherited a quarter of his estate.


Sources

Kit Candlin and Cassandra Pybus Enterprising Women: Gender Race and Power in the Revolutionary Atlantic.

We are grateful for the help of Cassandra Pybus with this entry.


Associated Claims (1)

£516 10s 1d
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Relationships (2)

Natural Daughter → Father
Grand-daughter → Grandmother