No Dates
One of the illegitimate children of Ann Whyte, "a free Sambo woman". With her mother and siblings, Janet owned enslaved people in St Thomas-in-the-East, although Robert Edmiston senior Esquire (presumably her father) held the life interest. No baptism has been found for Janet, though six of her siblings were born between 1802 and 1818.
T71/145 p. 877; Familysearch.org, Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 [database online].
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£131 3s 5d
Awardee
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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
Partly while a minor. |
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Sister → Brother
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Sister → Brother
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Sister → Brother
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Sister → Brother
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Sister → Brother
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Sisters
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Sisters
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Natural Daughter → Mother
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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.
© Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - 果冻影院 Department of History 2024
CITING THIS RECORD:
'Janet Edmiston', Legacies of British Slavery database, [accessed 20th September 2024].
