Mary Grignon

Profile & Legacies Summary

1759 - 1851

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Tentatively identified as Mary, widow of Rev. James Grignon and mother of Mary Lawrence Grignon and William Stanford Grignon (both q.v.). Mary and James Grignon had six children baptised in St James, Jamaica: Mary Lawrence (1779), James (1780), James (1782), William Stanford (1784), Susanna (1786) and Margaret (1787). Mary Grignon of Compton Terrace was buried at St Mary, Islington, 18/03/1851 age 92 years. Her daughter Mary Lawrence Grignon of Compton Terrace was buried at St Mary, Islington, 22/01/1851 age 71.

Sources

Familysearch.org, Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 [database online]; Ancestry.com, London, England, Deaths and Burials, 1813-1980 [database online].

We are grateful to David Barker for his assistance with compiling this entry.

Further Information

Spouse

Rev. James Grignon

Children

six children

Associated Claims (1)

Relationships (2)

Mary Grignon

Mother → Daughter

Mary Lawrence Grignon

Mary Grignon

Mother → Son

William Stanford Grignon

Addresses (1)

Compton Terrace, London, Middlesex, London, England

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People of Interest

Colin Campbell Lloyd (née Baillie)

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.

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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 Grignon', Legacies of British Slavery database, https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/23372 [accessed 5th April 2026].

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