Elizabeth Pomeroy McGhie (née Bruce)

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1826

Biography

Widow of Robert McGhie (q.v.), a slave-owner of Jamaica, and sister of James Bruce of St Vincent (q.v.).

Will of Elizabeth Pomeroy McGhie widow of Bath [made in 1825] proved 04/07/1826. She left personal effects to her sons, an annuity of £60 p.a. to her granddaughter Eliza McGhie, daughter of her deceased son Hugh Barnett McGhie, and her residuary estate among five children, James, Thomas, John Poulett, Willoughby and Janet Pomeroy McGhie. She appointed Gilbert Munro of St Vincent as executor, implying she had property there.

Sources

PROB 11/1714/91.

Further Information

Absentee?

Transatlantic

Maiden Name

Bruce

Spouse

Robert McGhie

Relationships (4)

Elizabeth Pomeroy McGhie (née Bruce)

Sister → Brother

James Bruce of St Vincent

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'Pomeroy McGhie' was a beneficiary as residuary legatee under the will of her brother James Bruce of St Vincent, who sought to settle her debts with Robert Young of...

Elizabeth Pomeroy McGhie (née Bruce)

Widow → Deceased Husband

Robert McGhie

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Elizabeth Pomeroy McGhie (née Bruce)

Grandmother → Grand-daughter

Elizabeth McGhie

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Tentatively inferred by LBS...

Elizabeth Pomeroy McGhie (née Bruce)

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