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Catharine Jones Denniss, born 23/01/1801 and baptised 20/01/1813 in St Elizabeth, Jamaica, daughter of Roger Taylor Dennis and Elizabeth Barrett, "a free sambo".
Catherine Jane [sic.] Denniss registered ownership of two enslaved boys inherited from Roger Taylor Denniss in St Elizabeth in 1826.
Familysearch.org, Jamaican Parish Registers, St Elizabeth, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1705-1820 p. 172.
T71/169 pp. 239-240.
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Name in compensation records
Catherine Denniss
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£39 8s 5d
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Natural Daughter → Father
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Sister → Brother
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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:
'Catherine Jones Denniss', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/15558 [accessed 5th May 2024].
