1741 - 22nd Feb 1825
Sister of James Wedderburn of Westmoreland (q.v.) and John Wedderburn of Spring Garden (q.v.). Left a legacy of £200 and an annuity of £150 in her brother James' will. She lived in London and then in North James St., Edinburgh where she died unmarried. Her nephew John Wedderburn of Auchterhouse (q.v.) named sole heir.
Alexander Wedderburn, The Wedderburn Book: a history of the Wedderburns in the counties of Berwick and Forfar, designed of Wedderburn, Kingennie, Easter Powrie, Blackness, Balindean and Gosford, 1296-1896 (Published privately, 1898), p. 343.
Will of James Wedderburn of Westmorland County of Cornwall Island of Jamaica, 20/2/1799, TNA/PROB 11/1320/36.
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27th Nov 1782 - 8th Dec 1862
Wesleyan Minister, apparently sought to manumit his enslaved people for religious reasons
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:
'Katherine Wedderburn', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146643639 [accessed 6th October 2024].
