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Mother of Margaret Jane Bayley, who was the daughter of John Bayley of Content in St Thomas-in-the-East, Jamaica. Very likely also the mother of the two daughters of John Bayley of Content in St Thomas-in-the-East, Jamaica. Certainly she acted as agent for all three girls 1823-1826.
1817 slave regsiter as mother and guardian of Margaret Jane Bayley, T71/145 p. 52. See Content estate for more slave regsiter entries for this estate with Mary Atkinson Bayley as agent.
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1823 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Agent
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Wife → Husband
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Mother → Daughter
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Mother → Daughter
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Mother → Daughter
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Mother-in-law → Son-in-law
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Mother-in-law → Son-in-law
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1781 - 1830
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family who had numerous mercantile connections in the West Indies. The compensation for Baillie's Bacolet in Grenada was awarded to the trustees of her marriage settlement. Grand-daughter of Colin Roy Campbell of Glenmure. Apparently a victim of the quack doctor John St John Lang of Harley Street in 1830.
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 Atkinson Bayley', Legacies of
British Slavery database, https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146653599
[accessed 4th April 2026].
