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Given in the compensation records as Mary A. Mercer but very likely to be the Mary Ann Mercer of Bermuda, widow of Archibald Mercer referred to in the will of her brother John Adams Wood (proved in 1836).
PROB 10/7428/3.
We are grateful to Guy Grannum for his assistance with this entry.
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Name in compensation records
Mary A. Mercer
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£87 19s 7d
Awardee
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Sisters
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Sister → Brother
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1781 - 14th Jun 1863
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family. London and Bristol merchant and banker (Baillie, Ames & Baillie), major recipient of slave compensation across the Caribbean.
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 Ann Mercer', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146000661 [accessed 19th April 2024].
