1778 - 1845
Mary Banks McDermott was likely related to the Charles McDermotts (Charles McDermott Testator, deceased, and Charles McD defendant in an 1811 Chancery case), perhaps as daughter and sister.
Mary Banks McDermott married John Moseley McCaw, and by 1820 she became ‘natural Guardian to her children David McCaw, Edward McCaw, Mary Ann Munro, formerly Mary Ann McCaw, and Frances Mosley McCaw’; with Charles McDermott and John Kelly signing.
Mary Banks McCaw, widow, burial, 6 March 1845, aged 67 years, abode Mosley Hall, buried in the Chapel yard, St Ann, Jamaica.
We are grateful to Steven Carter for assistance in compiling this entry.
Royal Gazette of Jamaica, Saturday 16 November 1811, p. 7.
T71/44 p.4 23.
JamaicaFamilySearch, Burials, St. Ann, Jamaica, p. 23, 6 March 1845.
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Maiden Name
McDermott
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Name in compensation records
Mary Banks M'Caw
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Spouse
John Mosely McCaw
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£29 3s 1d
Awardee
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£35 7s 2d
Awardee
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£820 13s 2d
Unsuccessful claimant
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The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:
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1823 [EA] - → Other
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1817 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Joint owner
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1820 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Tenant-for-life
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Wife → Husband
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Wife → Husband
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9th Oct 1760 - 1801
Prominent Liverpool merchant and slave-trader
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 2024
CITING THIS RECORD:
'Mary Banks McCaw (née McDermott)', Legacies of British Slavery database, [accessed 20th September 2024].
