21st Apr 1756 - 14th Jul 1800
Daughter of Dr John Nembhard and his wife Ann Peyton nee Hamilton. Married Edward Edwards 28/08/1771. Left Jamaica 1797 and died in England 14/07/1800. Inherited £1200 on the death of her father in 1777. Possibly the Ann Edwards who was buried in Richmond, Surrey in July 1800 (the family had links with Richmond).
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. IV pp. 1-12, 'Nembhard of Jamaica'.
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Maiden Name
Nembhard
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Edward Edwards
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Will
Ann Peyton Edwards of Kingston, co. Surrey, Jamaica, widow, intending shortly to depart for Britain. Will dated 22/05/1797. To my mother Ann Nembhard my negroes and the interest of all vested monies, and after her decease to my sister Charlotte Rose Nembhard a moity of all my estate and the other moity to my 3 nephews John Nembhard, son of my brother John Nembhard, and Ballard Nembhard and Henry Nembhard, sons of my borther Ballard Nembhard. I appoint my mother an executrix and Robert Hibbert of Kingston, Esquire, executor. Proved 08/09/1801 by Ann Nembhard, widow, the mother. Proved 06/02/1807 by Robert Hibbert. |
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Richmond, Surrey, London, England
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1781 - 1830
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family who had numerous mercantile connections in the West Indies. The compensation for Baillie's Bacolet in Grenada was awarded to the trustees of her marriage settlement. Grand-daughter of Colin Roy Campbell of Glenmure. Apparently a victim of the quack doctor John St John Lang of Harley Street in 1830.
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.
© Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2024
CITING THIS RECORD:
'Ann Peyton Edwards (née Nembhard)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146638515 [accessed 6th November 2024].
