UCL

Sarah Backwell

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1797

Biography

Co-heir of her maternal uncle James Gibbon (q.v.) and sister-in-law of William Praed (q.v.). Her will was proved in 1797 although she was still recorded as co-owner of estates and enslaved people in Jamaica as late as 1803.

  1. Will of Sarah Backwell spinster of Tyringham Buckinghamshire proved 07/09/1797. She left numerous monetary legacies of £50-£200 each to family and friends with her residuary estate to the sister Elizabeth, failing whom to her husband William Mackworth Praed. That estate included her share of extensive property in Britain and Jamaica that she said had come to her, and the other half to her sister, from James Gibbon.

Sources

  1. PROB 11/1295/312.

Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish

Associated Estates (2)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1792 [EA] - 1797 [EY] → Joint owner
Tunbridge [ Jamaica | St Andrew ]

Shown as co-owner as late as 1801 although her will was proved in 1797.

1792 [EA] - 1801 [LA] → Joint owner
Waterhouse Estate [ Jamaica | St Andrew ]

Shown as co-owner as late as 1801 although her will was proved in 1797.

Relationships (2)

Sarah Backwell
Niece → Uncle
James Gibbon
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Co-heir and...
Sarah Backwell
Sister-in-law → Brother-in-law
William Praed
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Addresses (1)

Tryringham, Buckinghamshire, Central England, England
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