1770 - ????
Ann Pearce, "free mulatto", age 20, baptised in St Elizabeth, Jamaica, 21/10/1790, with her eldest two daughters with Thomas Weir Tayler senior: Elizabeth (born 1788) and Margaret (1790). Three more children with the same father baptised in St Elizabeth in 1810: John Pierce (born 1791), Mary Mortimer (1796) and Thomas Weir (1800).
Probably the same Ann Pearce who registered owned enslaved people in Kingston from at least 1817 to 1826. This Ann Pearce was also the mother of John William Goldsmith, born and baptised 1810 in Kingston.
Familysearch.org, Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 [database online].
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Children
5 children with Thomas Weir Tayler senior
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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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1817 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Owner
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Extra-marital relationships
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Mother → Natural Son
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Mother → Natural Son
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Mother → Natural Daughter
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Mother → Natural Daughter
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Mother → Natural Daughter
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Mother-in-law → Daughter-in-law
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Mother → Natural Son
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1805 - 22nd Apr 1887
Born into slavery in Carriacou, Grenada, Malvina Wells became a lady's maid in Edinburgh and a trusted family friend to her employers.
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 Pearce or Peirce', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146653733 [accessed 12th November 2024].
