???? - 1868
Mother of Martin Blake and Cecilia Blake (whose universal legatee she was) with her first husband Bryan Blake, and of Honoria Sweetman (nee O'Connor) with Malachy O'Connor (q.v.).
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Absentee?
Transatlantic
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Maiden Name
Brodie
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Spouse
(1) Bryan Blake (2) Malachy O'Connor
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Children
With (1) Martin; Cecilia; with (2) Honoria
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Wife → Husband
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Wife → Second Husband
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Mother → Daughter
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Mother → Son
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21 Royal Crescent, Bath, Somerset, South-west England, England
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???? - 29th Aug 1873
Free person of colour, slave-owner in Jamaica. Long-term partner and later wife of Thomas Legal Yates. Living in Britain from the mid-1830s until her death in 1873.
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:
'Lydia O'Connor formerly Blake (née Brodie)', Legacies of
British Slavery database, https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146654199
[accessed 4th April 2026].
