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Resident in Jamaica, trustees for whom were awarded compensation for enslaved people on Bernard Lodge, which belonged to her husband of Thomas James Bernard.
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Maiden Name
Hewitt
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Spouse
Thomas James Bernard
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£661 0s 7d
Beneficiary
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Wife → Husband
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Daughter → Father
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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:
'Theodora Foulkes Bernard (née Hewitt)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146650805 [accessed 25th April 2024].
