1803 - 1898
Rebecca Mary Samuells was the daughter of Judith Gilling (q.v.), who registered four enslaved people as Rebecca’s Guardian in Hanover in 1817. Rebecca Mary Samuells was living in Lucea, Hanover in 1823, with her mother Judith Gilling, one sister and one brother. She registered enslaved people as owner in 1823 and in 1832. She was compensated for the loss of seven enslaved people after Emancipation.
Rebecca Mary Samuells died 27 /12/1898, aged 95.
We are grateful to David Barker for his assistance with compiling this entry.
Slave Registers, Hanover, 1817 to 1832; Hanover Census 1823, 2; Jamaica, Civil Registration Births, Marriages and Death Records, 1878-1995.
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£172 13s 5d
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Daughter → Mother
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Sister → Brother
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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.
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CITING THIS RECORD:
'Rebecca Mary Samuells', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/14937 [accessed 4th May 2024].
