UCL

Sarah Jane Keith Senior

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1847

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Resident Jamaica slave-owner. Affidavits from Sarah Jane Keith Senior and Gilbert William Senior feature in the Narrative of James Williams.

  1. Will of Sarah Jane Keith Senior, spinster of Middlesex Jamaica (made in 1828, when she was about to embark for England ) was proved 28/12/1848. Under her will she left 20 named enslaved people to her cousin William Rowe and in the event of her brother Gilbert William Keith dying without issue she left 4 groups of named enslaved people (each 5-7 strong) to her three sisters and her niece. Her brother Gilbert William Senior was her residuary heir: in the event she outlived him.

Sources

  1. PROB 11/2085/192.

Associated Claims (2)

Jamaica St Ann 524 (Penshurst)
£204 15s 0d
Awardee
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Jamaica St Ann 525 (Penshurst)
£1,073 9s 8d
Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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Associated Estates (1)

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
1809 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Joint owner
Penhurst [ Jamaica | St Ann ]

Relationships (3)

Sarah Jane Keith Senior
Sister → Brother
Christopher Senior Lawrence was Senior
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Sarah Jane Keith Senior
Sister → Brother
Gilbert William Senior
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Sarah Jane Keith Senior
Daughter → Father
Gilbert Senior
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