Mrs Elizabeth Gordon of Manchester Square

1741 - 1825


Biography

Returned Jamaica slave-owner, dying in London in 1825.

  1. Will of Elizabeth Gordon widow of Manchester Square [made in 1812] proved 28/01/1825. In the will she left £2500 to her friend Mary Oakes Mackenzie, widow of Arthur Mackenzie late of Clarendon in Jamaica, and £1500 to each of Mary Oakes Mackenzie's five children. She left James Rodon Savage, son of William Savage of Kingston Jamaica, £2000 and 'my negroe woman slave named Rosanna now in possession of his father William with her future issue, offspring and increase.' She also left: £500 each to the daughters by his second marriage of her friend and relation George Rodon (q.v.) of Clarendon now in England; £1000 to Mrs Joanna Bryan, widow of John Pennant Bryan; £500 to Mrs Sarah Mackenzie of Twickenham; and five other monetary legacies, of £50 for a ring to Lady Sinclair daughter of James Chisholme, of £300 each to Jane, Mary and Margaret Singer of Pratt Place, Camden and £200 to William Mitchell the younger. She forgave the £4535 debt to her of George Rodon under his bond. Her residuary legatee was James Rodon, second son of George Rodon. In a series of nine codicils, she recorded the death of James Rodon and replaced him as residuary her with his brother John Rodon, made gifts to her servants, and disposed of household and personal possessions.

  2. Elizabeth Gordon of Manchester Square was buried at St Marylebone 08/01/1825.


Sources

  1. PROB 11/1694/430.

  2. Ancestry.com London, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-2003 for Elizabeth Gordon Westminster St Marylebone 1825 [database online]


Further Information

Absentee?
Transatlantic
Spouse
Married but no further details

Associated Estates (3)

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
1794 [SY] - 1811 [LA] → Owner

Under the will of her husband Richard Gordon, she was owner of the land but tenant-for-life of the enslaved people.

1820 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Other

Apparently lessor or vendor of enslaved people then registered for Lemon Hall.

1795 [EA] - → Owner

Relationships (5)

Sisters
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Mary Fearon of Manchester Square described her residuary devisee Elizabeth Gordon as her sister in her will proved 1804. LBS has not yet traced their family...
Testator → Legatee
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Mrs Elizabeth Gordon forgave George Rodon his indebtedness of £4535 to her in her...
Testator → Legatee
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John Rodon was residuary heir of Mrs Elizabeth Gordon under her will proved in...
Widow → Deceased Husband
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Details in Elizabeth Gordon's will and her address strongly suggest she was the widow of Richard Gordon. ...
Testator → Legatee
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Sarah Mackenzie appears as 'Mrs Sarah Mackenzie' in the will of Elizabeth Gordon, under which she was left £500, but this was apparently an honorific...

Addresses (1)

Manchester Square, London, Middlesex, London, England