No Dates
Slave-owner on Antigua, inheriting unnamed and as yet untraced estates from her brother Thomas Shephard (q.v.) in 1770. Mother of Lydia Sutton (q.v.).
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Absentee?
Transatlantic?
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Maiden Name
Shephard
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Spouse
Samuel Byam
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Children
Lydia
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Mother → Daughter
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Sister → Brother
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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:
'Elizabeth Byam (née Shephard)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146655395 [accessed 29th December 2024].
