1792 - 1886
Co-owner of Spring Valley with her sisters Jane Lane and Grace Cosens.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Maiden Name
Thomson
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Spouse
Robert Stewart
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Wealth at death
£14,619 18S 9D
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Sister-in-law → Brother-in-law
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Sisters
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Wife → Husband
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Sisters
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Ryton Grove, Dorrington, Shropshire, West Midlands, England
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1761 - ????
"Free quadroon woman" and mother of eleven children; independently wealthy, perhaps through legacies left her by her partners James Tierney (died 1784) and Ebenezer Robertson (died 1825).
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 Stewart (née Thomson)', Legacies of
British Slavery database, https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146658347
[accessed 4th April 2026].
