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Of Scotland, claimed as tenant-for-life under the will of Alex. McMillan (her son, q.v.) for a group of enslaved people in Trinidad. The compensation was paid into the colonial court.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Children
Alex.
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£1,785 3s 2d
Claimants in List E or Chancery cases (Tenant-for-life)
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Mother → Son
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Scotland
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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.
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 2026
CITING THIS RECORD:
'Mary McMillan', Legacies of
British Slavery database, https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/-1704936294
[accessed 5th April 2026].
