P_10433_2969 – Jane Abbott
Born: 1750
Died: 30/12/1811
A Penrith-based landowner (c.1750-1811), Jane Abbott was a co-owner in the slaving voyage of the Duchess of Portland in 1792-3, captained by her niece’s husband Edward Lamb. Departing from London, Lamb and his crew trafficked 99 people from Cape Coast Castle to St. Lucia. In addition to her investment in the slave trade, Abbott and her sister managed lands in Cumbria inherited from their father. She never married.
Title: Miss
First name: Jane
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Last name: Abbott
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Primary cohort: London
Sex: Female
Religion: Church of England
Social background: Gentry
Primary outcome: Gentry
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Occupation of father: Brazier and Landowner.
Relations
John Abbott
Father
Brazier and landholder in Cumbria. He died in 1782.
Elizabeth Lamb
Niece
Wife of Edward Lamb, daughter of Elizabeth Buchanan
Margaret Abbott
Sister
Co-owned land in Dalston. Both remained unmarried and likely lived together.
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Internal migrant: No
Foreign born: No
Supplier to slave trade voyages: No
Creditor to slave trade voyages: No
Philanthropy: No
Plantation owner: No
Sources: "Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Obituaries," The Lancaster Gazetter vol.10, issue 499. Cumbria Archive Centre, Copy of the Lease at Dalston, 1805. DX 1134/27.
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Crossings (1)
Birth
Date: 1750
Location: Penrith (Cumberland)
Death
Date: 30/12/1811
Location: Penrith (Cumberland)
Burial
Date: 01/1812
Location: Penrith (Cumberland)
Memorial details: Elizabeth Buchanan is also buried in this cemetery alongside her husband.
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Residencies
Occupation: Landowner (Elite)
Rented house and property out to yeomen farmers in Unthank, Dalston, Cumbria at a rate of £19 per year, with an additional £19 for each new-broken acre. Shared with sister, who was also a spinster. Also leased Abbottfield, a 3-acre plot in Skelton which they inherited from their father John Abbott, for £105 to James Tengate of Braysgate in 1810.
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Was slave trading profitable: No
Will
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Occupation: Spinster
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Land
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14 acres
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