Mary Edgar (née Simpson)

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1819

Biography

Will of Mary Edgar widow of [Portland Place] St Marylebone proved 18/08/1819. After monetary legacies to family members including her brother John Simpson of Fairlawn she left her residuary estate to her nephew Edward Kenyon who was then 'abroad.'

Sources

PROB 11/1619/228.

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Absentee?

Transatlantic

Maiden Name

Simpson

Spouse

Handyside Edgar

Relationships (1)

Mary Edgar (née Simpson)

Widow → Deceased Husband

Handyside Edgar

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Mary Edgar identified herself as the widow of Handyside Edgar in her will made in 1816 and proved in...

Addresses (1)

Portland Place, Marylebone, London, Middlesex, London, England

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People of Interest

Ann Katherine Storer (née Hill)

1785 - 1854

Jamaican-born widow of a prominent slave-owner; resident in Britain following the death of her husband in 1818. Accused - and acquitted - of the cruel treatment of some enslaved people whom she brought to Britain with her.

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Documents of Interest

Windsor and Williamsfield Inventory of Slaves 1814 p8

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.

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CITING THIS RECORD:
'Mary Edgar (née Simpson)', Legacies of British Slavery database, https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146662655 [accessed 4th April 2026].

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