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Edward Bermingham of Demerara married Anne or Ann, daughter of James Waddell in 1777, and died in 1794 or 1800. Ann[e] later married Christopher Waterton (q.v.). David Alston shows him as owner of a plantation named Haarlem with 117 enslaved people in 1790.
Paul Mohr, 'The De Berminghams, Barons of Athenry: a revised and supplemented lineage', Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society, Vol. 67 (2015), pp. 48-68; David Alston, Slaves & Highlanders, 'Irish planters and merchants: Berminghams'.
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Spouse
Anne Waddell
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Husband → Wife
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Other relatives
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Either brother and brother or (conceivably) son and...
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1761 - ????
"Free quadroon woman" and mother of eleven children; independently wealthy, perhaps through legacies left her by her partners James Tierney (died 1784) and Ebenezer Robertson (died 1825).
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:
'Edward Bermingham', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146667507 [accessed 22nd December 2024].
