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Transmitter of her father's Tankard estate and the enslaved people upon it, of which and of whom she and her first husband were tenants-for-life, to her second husband Richard Tyrrell (later Admiral Richard Tyrrell). Her will was dated 1751.
Vere Langford Oliver History of Antigua Vol. I p.126.
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Absentee?
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Maiden Name
Tankard
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Spouse
(1) Edward Chester (2) Richard Tyrrell
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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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- 1744 [LA] → Tenant-for-life
Tenant-for-life with her first husband Edward Chester. |
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1747 [EA] - 1751 [EY] → Joint owner
Either joint-owner or possibly tenant-for-life with her second husband Richard Tyrrell |
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1744 [SY] - 1747 [EY] → Owner
Either sole owner of sole tenant-for-life between her two marriages. |
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Wife → Husband
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Wife → Second Husband
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1781 - 1830
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family who had numerous mercantile connections in the West Indies. The compensation for Baillie's Bacolet in Grenada was awarded to the trustees of her marriage settlement. Grand-daughter of Colin Roy Campbell of Glenmure. Apparently a victim of the quack doctor John St John Lang of Harley Street in 1830.
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:
'Russel or Russell Tyrrell formerly Chester (née Tankard)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146646859 [accessed 1st May 2024].
