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Given as 'F. Rose Nunn.' Awarded a part-share in the compensation for ownership of enslaved persons on Virgin Valley estate in Clarendon, Jamaica, as one of the representatives [and daughters] of Charles Gordon Gray (q.v.). Married to William Nunn (q.v.). Living at Ston Easton, Clutton, Somerset, in the census of 1841, age 30, born in county, with her husband William, sister Letitia, daughters Emma age 5 and Catherine age 1, 3 female and 1 male servants.
T71/873 St James claim no. 172 (Virgin Valley). 1841 census online.
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Absentee?
British/Irish?
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Maiden Name
Gray
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Name in compensation records
F. Rose Nunn
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Spouse
William Nunn
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£2,820 6s 3d
Awardee
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Daughter → Father
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Daughter → Mother
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Sisters
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Wife → Husband
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Ston Easton, Clutton, Somerset, South-west England, England
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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:
'Jane Rose Nunn (née Gray)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/756193376 [accessed 19th April 2024].
