David Rae Smith

Profile & Legacies Summary

1805 - 1861

Biography

Beneficiary under the will of his step-father Alexander Campbell of Schaw Castle (q.v.).

Will of David Rae Smith of late of 32 Green Park Buildings Bath who died 13/10/1861 proved 25/10/1861 at Bristol, by Herbert Newton Jarrett of Bathampton and Charles Berners Jarrett, effects under £25,000.

Sources

National Probate Calendar 1861.

Further Information

Absentee?

British/Irish

Relationships (2)

David Rae Smith

Legatee → Testator

Alexander Campbell of Schaw Castle

Notes →

David Rae Smith was the residuary heir of his mother's husband Alexander Campbell of Schaw...

David Rae Smith

Testator → Executor

Herbert Newton Jarrett V

Addresses (1)

32 Green Park Buildings, Bath, Somerset, South-west England, England

Further Information

People of Interest

Ann Eliza French

1787 - 1835

Daughter of "free Mulatto" lodging-house-keeper Jane Charlotte Beckford (c. 1759-1825); possibly the daughter of George Ffrench, Clerk to the Jamaica Assembly. Spinster; independently wealthy slave-owner.

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Documents of Interest

Windsor and Williamsfield Inventory of Slaves 1814 p8

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:
'David Rae Smith', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146654107 [accessed 8th November 2024].

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