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Margaret Kennedy then Gray (née Sill)

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1851

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Tenant-for-life of Mount Oliphant in Manchester Jamaica. Later married to Robert Gray of Dublin (q.v.), who claimed for the compensation in right of his wife. The slave compensation records are clear about their relationship in the claims for Mount Oliphant.

  1. John Anderson Kennedy of the parish of St Ann, esq., and Margaret Sill of the parish of Manchester, spinster, were married by licence at Great Pond Plantation, 23/11/1825.

Sources

  1. Familysearch.org, Jamaican parish registers, Manchester baptisms, marriages and burials 1816-1838 p. 313.

We are grateful to Paul Hitchings for his assistance with compiling this entry.

Further Information

Absentee?
Transatlantic
Maiden Name
Sill
Spouse
(1) John Anderson Kennedy (2) Robert Gray

Associated Claims (1)

Jamaica Manchester 412 (Mount Olivant)
£1,108 2s 7d
Beneficiary unsuccessful (Tenant-for-life)
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Associated Estates (1)

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:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1826 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Tenant-for-life
Mount Oliphant [ Jamaica | Manchester ]

Executrix and tenant-for-life

Relationships (2)

Margaret Kennedy then Gray (née Sill)
Wife → Second Husband
Robert Gray
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Notes →
Margaret Kennedy married Robert Gray after the death of her first husband John Anderson...
Margaret Kennedy then Gray (née Sill)
Widow → Deceased Husband
John Anderson Kennedy I
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Addresses (1)

Dublin, Co. Dublin, Ireland
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