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Née Gascoyne (sometimes given as Gascoigne), beneficiary of a trust whose trustees were paid 3/4 of the compensation for the enslaved people on Seven Plantations in Clarendon Jamaica. She and her husband, the MP Charles Lushington (q.v.) also claimed for the remaining 1/4 ex parte paterna, but were unsuccessful.
Sarah Lushington 'of St Margarets Westminster' was buried at Little Stanmore aged 49 27/12/1839. Her age was possibly understated.
Daughter of Lieut Col. Joseph Gascoyne who was the brother of Sabine Gascoyne (q.v.). She was the author of a travel journal, Narrative of a Journey from Calcutta to Europe (1829).
T71/859 Clarendon no. 410A, B & C. T71/1187 identifies them as of Hill House Edgware Middlesex.
Ancestry.con, London, England, Deaths and Burials, 1813-1980 [database online].
Gentleman's Magazine Vol. XIII Feb. 1840 Obituaries p. 215; Sarah Gascoyne Lushington ("Mrs Charles Lushington"), Narrative of A Journey from Calcutta to Europe by way of Egypt in the Years 1827 and 1828 (London: John Murray, 1829).
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British/Irish
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Maiden Name
Gascoyne
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Spouse
Charles Lushington
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Children
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£5,849 6s 10d
Beneficiary
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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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Narrative of a Journey from Calcutta to Europe, by way of Egypt, in the years... 1829
notes → Published under the name Mrs Charles...
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First Cousins
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Sarah's father Joseph Gascoyne and Mary's father George Chandler ne Gascoyne were...
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Other relatives
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Sarah Chandler was the great-aunt of Sarah Lushington....
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Other relatives
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George was Sarah's great-uncle. His sister Sarah Gascoyne nee Chandler was her...
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Harriet was married to Sarah's uncle Rev. Dr. George...
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William was married to Sarah's first cousin Mary Harriot nee...
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Hill House, Edgware, Middlesex, London, England
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1791 - 1862
Free woman of colour; left Demerara in 1812 as a young woman and settled in Starthforth, Yorkshire, where she died in 1862.
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:
'Sarah Lushington (née Gascoyne)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/1274609792 [accessed 14th October 2024].
