9th Mar 1773 - 24th Jan 1842
Sister of Edward Hyde East (q.v.). Married Patrick Lynch of Jamaica, May 1789. Died 24/01/1842. Lynch had been a partner or co-owner with Peter and James Digges La Touche and died September 1817. A slave-owner in her own right (her husband Patrick Lynch appears for Bellfield in 1817 as owner of a group of enslaved people 'in right of wife.')
The will of Amie Anne Lynch of Melcombe Place, Dorset Square, widow, was written 25/07/1841 and proved 22/02/1842. In it she makes no mention of specific property beyond trinkets, drawings and money in the 3 1/2 per cents. Nor is there mention of the Miss Celia Lynch who succeeded to Bellfield under the will of Amie Ann Lynch's husband Patrick.
Debrett's Baronetage, 5th ed. (London, 1824) vol. 2, p. 1283. Vol. 37 p. 262 (March 1842).
PROB 11/1958/98.
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Absentee?
Transatlantic
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Maiden Name
East
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Spouse
Patrick Lynch
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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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1820 [EA] - → Joint owner
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1820 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Owner
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1820 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Joint owner
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1820 [EA] - → Owner
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1820 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Owner
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Sister → Brother
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Daughter → Father
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Niece → Aunt
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Wife → Husband
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Melcombe Place, Dorset Square, London, Middlesex, London, England
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9th Oct 1760 - 1801
Prominent Liverpool merchant and slave-trader
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:
'Amie Anne Lynch (née East)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146645835 [accessed 22nd December 2024].
