14th Jan 1794 - ????
Susan Riches, born 05/09/1780, George Riches, born 16/04/1785, Mary Ann Riches, born 14/01/1794, the offspring of Ann Wallen "a free woman of color" by George Riches, were baptised in St Andrew, Jamaica, 03/05/1814.
George Riches registered enslaved people in St Andrew, Jamaica, as guardian of his children Susan, George and Mary Ann in 1817. In 1820 the same enslaved people were registered by George [the younger, signed as "free person of colour"] in the ownership of George Riches, Susan Riches, Mary Ann Riches, Ann Riches Woolfreys, Georgiana Woolfreys and Charlotte Riches.
Ann Riches Woolfreys and Georgiana Woolfreys were the daughters of Susan Riches by John Woolfreys, so the grandchildren of the original George Riches. Charlotte Riches is probably the Charlotte, daughter of George Riches and Ann Riches Woolfrys, both "free quadroons", born 06/06/1813 and baptised 28/11/1818 in St Andrew, Jamaica. In this case, George Riches the younger had a daughter with Ann Riches Woolfreys, his niece.
Mary Ann Riches registered enslaved people in St Andrew in 1823. In 1826 she registered the same as Mary Ann Riches Blagrave. She had a daughter, Frances Emilia, with Thomas Blagrave, baptised in St Andrew 26/12/1815, when she was recorded as "free mustee".
Familysearch.org, Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 [database online].
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Name in compensation records
Mary Ann R. Blagrave
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£58 6s 3d
Awardee
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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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1817 [EA] - → Trust beneficiary
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1820 [EA] - → Joint owner
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1823 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
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Natural Daughter → Father
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Sister → Brother
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Sisters
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Aunt → Niece
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Aunt → Niece
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???? - 1848
Successful planter in British Guiana and Grenada; part of a close-knit mixed-race family with numerous business interests.
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:
'Mary Ann Riches (later Riches Blagrave)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146654699 [accessed 19th April 2024].
