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Eldest daughter of Henry Murray of Ipswich, Suffolk, and his wife Ann. Owned one quarter of River View in St Thomas-in-the-East, and a spinster of Ipswich, when she sold her share to her uncle Charles Murray in 1810. By 1817, her father owned 2/3 of the estate, presumably inherited from Charles Murray. Her father died in 1819 and Anna Murray was one of his trustees and executors.
Vere Langford Oliver, Caribbeana being miscellaneous papers relating to the history, genealogy, topography, and antiquities of the British West Indies (6 vols., London, Mitchell, Hughes and Clarke, 1910-1919) vol. 4 p. 188; PROB 11/1786/401.
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Absentee?
British/Irish?
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£105 9s 1d
Awardee
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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:
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- 1810 [EY] → Joint owner
Anna Murray sold her 1/4 share to her uncle Charles Murray in 1810. |
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1826 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
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1819 [SY] - → Trustee and Executrix
Trustee and executor under the terms of her father Henry Murray's will for 2/3 of the estate. Also one of the beneficiaries. |
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Sisters
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Daughter → Father
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Niece → Uncle
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Niece → Uncle
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Ipswich, Suffolk, East Anglia, England
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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:
'Anna Murray', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/15702 [accessed 9th November 2024].
