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Eleanor Sayes, "the mulatto natural daughter of Eleanor Russell a free mulatto by Samuel Sayes" born 07/02/1752 and baptised 16/06/1754 in Westmoreland.
The will of Samuel Say of Westmoreland, planter, was proved in Jamaica, 11/02/1773. He bequeathed half his estate to his natural daughter Eleanor Say, "now or some short time since at a Boarding School in the aforesaid Town of Hadleigh in the County of Seaffolk and Kingdom of Great Britain". The other half he bequeathed to his "kinsman" in Britain.
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Natural Daughter → Father
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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.
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CITING THIS RECORD:
'Eleanor Sayes', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146662833 [accessed 6th May 2024].
