1781 - 1841
Claimed as owner-in-fee the compensation for the enslaved people on Lynch's estate in Antigua: the compensation was paid to her husband Charles Turner (q.v.) in right of wife and to his creditors. Daughter of Samuel Byam Athill and Mary Lynch. Given by Oliver as 'Mary'. Buried at St Michael's Toxteth.
T71/877 Antigua no. 265; Vere Langford Oliver, History of Antigua Vol. I p.10.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Maiden Name
Athill
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Spouse
Charles Turner
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Children
Samuel Athill; Anne; and 12 others
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£4,747 5s 3d
Beneficiary (Owner-in-fee)
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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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1832 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
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Daughter → Father
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Wife → Husband
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Mother → Son
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1785 - 1854
Jamaican-born widow of a prominent slave-owner; resident in Britain following the death of her husband in 1818. Accused - and acquitted - of the cruel treatment of some enslaved people whom she brought to Britain with her.
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:
'Maria Turner (née Athill)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146630380 [accessed 19th April 2024].
