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Wife of James Glassen, planter of Grenada.
PROB 11/1901/391.
We are grateful to Stephen Lewis for his assistance with compiling this entry.
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Spouse
James Glassen
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Children
Catherine Eliza, Jane Alicia[?], Mary Anne, Amelia Margaret
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£519 9s 6d
Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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Wife → Husband
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1761 - ????
"Free quadroon woman" and mother of eleven children; independently wealthy, perhaps through legacies left her by her partners James Tierney (died 1784) and Ebenezer Robertson (died 1825).
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:
'Amelia Glassen', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/42088 [accessed 8th November 2024].
