UCL

Mary Tripsack

Profile & Legacies Summary

1770 - 1857

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Mary Tripsack, companion of Elizabeth Moulton (grandmother of Elizabeth Barrett Browning), owner of Cinnamon Hill and Cottage estates in St James, Jamaica.

  1. Described as "an elderly lady who had been companion to Elizabeth Moulton [died 1831], Mrs Browning's grandmother". Early letters from Elizabeth Barrett Browning to her sister Arabel are addressed "Care of Miss Tripsack (Miss Barrett), 12 Beaumont Street, Devonshire Place, London". Letter from Elizabeth Barrett Browning on the death of Miss Tripsack, dated 26/03/1857 and reference to a legacy from her, 03/04/1857.

  2. Mary Tripsack was recipient of the world's first commercial Christmas card in 1843.

  3. Mary Trepsack of 20 Great Quebec Street, age 87, buried at Kensal Green All Souls Cemetary, 14/03/1857.


Sources

T71/873 St James claim nos. 258 (Cottage) and 656 (Cinnamon Hill).

  1. Letters from Elizabeth Barrett Browning available at http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayFulltext?type=1&fid=2473756&jid=VLC&volumeId=5&issueId=-1&aid=2473752 pp. 29 and 42. See related entries for Charles John Moulton Barrett and Edward Barrett Moulton Barrett (both q.v.).

  2. See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wiltshire/4494580.stm for the sale of the Christmas card.

  3. Ancestry.com, London, England, Deaths and Burials, 1813-1980 [database online].

Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish

Associated Claims (2)

Jamaica St James 258 (Cottage)
£110 12s 5d
Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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Jamaica St James 656 (Cinnamon Hill)
£116 5s 5d
Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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Associated Estates (1)

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
1834 [EA] - → Other
Cinnamon Hill [ Jamaica | St James ]

Owned enslaved people settled on Cinnamon Hill.

Addresses (2)

12 Beaumont Street, London, Middlesex, London, England
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20 Great Quebec Street, London, Middlesex, London, England
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