Maria Edmiston

1817 - ????

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

One of the illegitimate children of Ann Whyte, "a free Sambo woman". With her mother and siblings, Maria owned enslaved people in St Thomas-in-the-East, although Robert Edmiston senior Esquire (presumably her father) held the life interest. Baptised aged 3 years 6 months in St Thomas-in-the-East, 10/03/1821.


Sources

T71/145 p. 877; Familysearch.org, Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 [database online].


Associated Claims (1)

£131 3s 5d
Awardee

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
1817 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Joint owner

Partly while a minor.


Relationships (8)

Sister → Brother
Sister → Brother
Sister → Brother
Sister → Brother
Sister → Brother
Sisters
Sisters
Natural Daughter → Mother