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Transmitter of her father's Tankard estate and the enslaved people upon it, of which and of whom she and her first husband were tenants-for-life, to her second husband Richard Tyrrell (later Admiral Richard Tyrrell). Her will was dated 1751.
Vere Langford Oliver History of Antigua Vol. I p.126.
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Absentee?
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Maiden Name
Tankard
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Spouse
(1) Edward Chester (2) Richard Tyrrell
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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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- 1744 [LA] → Tenant-for-life
Tenant-for-life with her first husband Edward Chester. |
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1747 [EA] - 1751 [EY] → Joint owner
Either joint-owner or possibly tenant-for-life with her second husband Richard Tyrrell |
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1744 [SY] - 1747 [EY] → Owner
Either sole owner of sole tenant-for-life between her two marriages. |
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Wife → Husband
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Wife → Second Husband
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1789 - 14th Mar 1860
Possibly the first 'ethnic minority' MP to be elected (in 1832) to the House of Commons.
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:
'Russel or Russell Tyrrell formerly Chester (née Tankard)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146646859 [accessed 4th November 2024].
