3rd May 1786 - 10th Jun 1871
Daughter of James Wedderburn Colvile, received £2000 upon her marriage to Thomas, 5th earl of Selkirk, drawn from her father's Jamaican estates. Her son Dunbar James, succeeded to the earldom.
Alexander Wedderburn, The Wedderburn Book: a history of the Wedderburns in the counties of Berwick and Forfar, designed of Wedderburn, Kingennie, Easter Powrie, Blackness, Balindean and Gosford, 1296-1896 (Published privately, 1898), p. 307.
Will of James Wedderburn Colvile, 2/4/1808, TNA/PROB 11/1477/19
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Maiden Name
Wedderburn
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Spouse
Thomas, 5th earl of Selkirk
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Sister → Brother
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Niece → Uncle
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Sister → Brother
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Daughter → Father
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Daughter → Mother
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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:
'Lady Jean Selkirk (née Wedderburn)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146643561/ [accessed 19th April 2024].
