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Ann White or Whyte, and "her true mulatto children" Janet, Robert, David, Elizabeth, George, James, John and Maria Edmiston, were slave-owners in St Thomas-in-the-East, Jamaica, from at least 1817 to 1834. The baptisms of two of these children given them as "free quadroons". The children's father was probably Robert Edmiston senior Esquire, who held the life interest in these enslaved people.
Probably also the Ann White who registered enslaved people as guardian of James White McTaggart and Emmy McTaggart in St Thomas-in-the-East in 1817.
Familysearch.org, Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 [database online].
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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] - 1834 [LA] → Joint owner
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Mother → Natural Daughter
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Mother → Natural Son
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Mother → Natural Son
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Mother → Natural Daughter
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Mother → Natural Son
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Extra-marital relationships
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Inferred by LBS. Ann Whyte's 8 children surnamed Edmiston held enslaved people to whose labour Robert Edmiston [senior] was reportedly entitled for his...
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1788 - 1876
Irish merchant, slave-owner and philanthropist.
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:
'Ann Whyte', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/43574 [accessed 18th May 2024].
