1790 - ????
Born in Jamaica and probably resident there, sister of Rebecca Cresse Evans, Rhodes Edward Evans etc.
We are grateful to Patricia Jackson for setting out and documenting the Evans family of Westmoreland.
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Mary C. Evans
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£19 10s 10d
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1787 - 1835
Daughter of "free Mulatto" lodging-house-keeper Jane Charlotte Beckford (c. 1759-1825); possibly the daughter of George Ffrench, Clerk to the Jamaica Assembly. Spinster; independently wealthy slave-owner.
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 - UCL Department of History 2024
CITING THIS RECORD:
'Mary Clarke Evans', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/15755 [accessed 23rd April 2024].
