Mary Trant of Red Lion Square

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1792

Biography

Will of Mary Trant widow of [East Street Red Lion Square] St Andrew Holborn proved 26/05/1792. She left 'two black girls' Mary and Alice to Miss Ann and Miss Penelope Trant now at Trinidad. She left the rest of her property in trust for her niece Alice and Alice's children with James Bontein (q.v., under Sir James Bontein).

Sources

PROB 11/1219/176. Vere Langford Oliver in History of Antigua Vol. III p. 143 shows the legatee as Saml. Bontein, but the legatee was clearly James.

Further Information

Absentee?

Transatlantic

Spouse

Married but no further details

Relationships (1)

Mary Trant of Red Lion Square

Testator → Legatee

Sir James Bontein of Balglas

Notes →

Sir James Bontein was married to the niece of Mary...

Addresses (1)

East Street, Red Lion Square, Holborn, London, Middlesex, London, England

Further Information

People of Interest

Genevieve [surname unknown]

1759 - 1820

Enslaved woman on Caliviny Estate in Grenada; also listed as a slave-owner herself.

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Documents of Interest

Windsor and Williamsfield Inventory of Slaves 1814 p8

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 Trant of Red Lion Square', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146659681 [accessed 23rd December 2024].

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