1794 - 1818
Daughter of Rev. Dr. George Chandler ne Gascoyne and his wife Harriot. Inherited a 1/4 share in Seven Plantations in Clarendon, Jamaica, on the death of her father in 1809. She was a minor when she married William Cotton in Marylebone, 29/06/1814. She was buried in Marylebone, 23/07/1818 age 24. It's not clear if William and Mary Harriet had any children; a Mrs Mary Cotton is a successful claimant for 1/8 of the compensation for Seven Plantations but her relationship has not been established.
T71/859 Clarendon claim no. 410A B & C (Seven Plantations). PROB 11/1495/321. Ancestry.com, London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 [database online]. Ancestry.com, London, England, Deaths and Burials, 1813-1980 [database online].
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Spouse
William Cotton
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1809 [SY] - 1818 [EY] → Tenant-in-common
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Charles was married to Mary Harriet's first cousin Sarah...
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George was Mary Harriet's great-uncle. His sister Sarah Gascoyne nee Chandler was Mary Harriet's...
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Sarah's husband George Chandler was Mary Harriet's...
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1729 - 1809
Quaker merchant and banker, abolitionist who manumitted enslaved people in Jamaica
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.
© Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2024
CITING THIS RECORD:
'Mary Harriot Chandler', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146632889 [accessed 7th October 2024].
