Elizabeth Sarsfield Lord

Profile & Legacies Summary

1787 - 1851

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Elizabeth Sarsfield Lord was christened 1 June 1788 in St Philip, Barbados, the daughter of John and Bathsheba Lord. She was buried in St Philip's Parish Church, 2 June 1851, aged 64. Her age at death thus gives her birth year as either 1787 or 1788.

She lived, unmarried, at the family mansion, Long Bay Castle, until her death, surviving all her siblings.

Sources

Family Search: Caribbean Births and Baptisms, 1590-1928; Colonel A. H. Wightwick Haywood, 'Sam Lord and his Castle' in James C. Brandow Genealogies of Barbados Families (1983), pp. 388-401. [Originally in the Journal of the Barbados Museum and Historical Society, XXX (1963), pp. 114-26.]

Further Information

Name in compensation records

Elizabeth S. Lord

Associated Claims (1)

Associated Estates (3)

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:

SD - Association Start Date
SY - Association Start Year
EA - Earliest Known Association
ED - Association End Date
EY - Association End Year
LA - Latest Known Association

1817 [SY] - 1834 [EY] → Owner

Long Bay [ Barbados | St Philip ]

Her brother, Samuel Hall Lord, conveyed his half-share in Long Bay to her in 1817; but this appears to have been a legal device because of his financial and legal difficulties. She re-conveyed her share to him in 1834. See notes on Samuel Lord's association with the estate.

1817 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Joint owner

Pool Estate [ Barbados | St John ]

11817 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner

Unknown [ Barbados | St Philip ]

For the Lord family see notes on the Long Bay estate.