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Elizabeth Hervey (née March)

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1820

Biography

Daughter and heiress of Francis March (whose will was proved in 02/04/1752). She married Thomas Hervey, the illegitimate son but heir of Hon. Thomas Hervey, the son of the 1st Earl of Bristol. Their son was William Hervey (q.v.).

  1. Will of Elizabeth Hervey of Acton Lodge [made in 1805 with a codicil of 1815] proved 16/03/1820. In the will she left numerous monetary legacies secured on her Jamaica estates [and enslaved people], which and whom she left, subject to the legacies, to her son William Hervey, together with her estate at Acton and her leasehold house in Upper Seymour Street.

Sources

Full Journals of Hon. William Hervey in North America and Europe, from 1755-1814 (Bury St Edmunds, 1906); PROB 11/794.

  1. PROB 11/1626/305

Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish
Maiden Name
March
Spouse
Thomas Hervey
Children
Thomas Augustus; William

Associated Estates (3)

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
1799 [EA] - 1817 [LA] → Joint owner
Enfield Estate [ Jamaica | St Thomas-in-the-Vale ]
1771 [EA] - 1792 [LA] → Owner
Enfield Estate [ Jamaica | St Thomas-in-the-Vale ]
1800 [EA] - 1817 [LA] → Joint owner
Plantain Garden River [ Jamaica | St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey ]

Relationships (3)

Elizabeth Hervey (née March)
Mother → Son
William Hervey
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Elizabeth Hervey (née March)
Wife → Husband
Thomas Hervey
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Elizabeth Hervey (née March)
Daughter → Father
Francis March
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Notes →
Elizabeth March was the main heir under her father's will of...

Addresses (1)

Acton Lodge, Acton, Middlesex, South-east England, England
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