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Dorothy Ann Petgrave

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1847

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Resident slave-owner in St James. Her will was made in 1840 and attested in Jamaica in 1847.

Sources

PROB 11/2068/65.

Further Information

Spouse

died unmarried

Will

PROB 11/2068/65 - precis.

Dorothy Ann Petgrave of the parish of St James, Island of Jamaica, spinster.

To my beloved sister Mary Tharp Montague 拢100 sterling. I hope she will forgive so small a bequest from me in consequence of the reduced state of my property.

To my beloved sister Susanna Lawrence Petgrave 拢50 sterling.

To my beloved niece Wilhelmina Margaret Petgrave 拢20 sterling to purchase a small token of remembrance of me.

To my beloved nieces Susanna Lawrence Petgrave and Elizabeth Mary Petgrave I give the half of whatever I may die possessed of after deducting the above.

To my beloved nephew Ezekiel Charles Thomas Johnson Petgrave I give the other half.

My sister Susanna Lawrence Petgrave and nieces Susanna Lawrence Petgrave and Elizabeth Mary Petgrave to be executrixes.

Signed 11/01/1840.

Sworn in Jamaica 15/02/1847.

Proved in London 15/01/1848 by Susanna Lawrence Petgrave, widow, the sister.

Associated Claims (1)

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

1809 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Joint owner

Richmond Hill [1] [ Jamaica | St James ]

It's possible Dorothy Ann Petgrave leased enslaved people to this estate rather than owning a share in the estate itself; Richmond Hill is not registered to her in the almanacs.