???? - 1848
In 1774 John Lang purchased an annuity for the life of Dinah Lang. LBS has identified her as his daughter: Dinah Lang was baptised at Allhalllows in 1768. She was the Dinah Lang who married James Smith of Ely Place at St James Bath in 1790: the will of Dinah Smith widow of Clifton made 31/12/1845 and proved 09/09/1848 shows her as leaving £700 from the money held by N.S. Chauncy to her grandchildren and her residuary estate to her daughter Portia Myers Smith.
Deed Book 1770-1776, British Library, EAP688/1/1/25, https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP688-1-1-25 pp. 239-249; Ancestry.com, Dinah Lang in the London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 [database online]; Ancestry.com, Somerset, England, Marriage Registers, Bonds and Allegations, 1754-1914 for Dinah Lang Marriage Registers Bath, St James 1779-1791 [database online]; PROB 11/2081/150.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Maiden Name
Lang
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Spouse
James Smith
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Daughter → Father
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Sister → Brother
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Both Robert Lang and Dinah Lang were shown as baptised at Allhallows, although one was given as Tottenham and the other as London Wall, in 1765 and 1768 respectively as children of John and Jane...
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Wife → Husband
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13 York Place, Clifton, Gloucestershire, South-west England, England
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???? - 1848
Successful planter in British Guiana and Grenada; part of a close-knit mixed-race family with numerous business interests.
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:
'Dinah Smith (née Lang)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146665929 [accessed 8th November 2024].
