Does anyone have any information about Eliza Jemima Bent from St Elizabeth Jamaica or any of her relatives, the Bents / Wallaces? She died 1923.
"Eliza Jemima Bent (often just called Jemima Bent) was the daughter of a Scotish woman, called Maw JinJin and a Jamaican man name Mr. Bent. Maw JinJin proper name was "Jemima Wallace". The Wallace family were Scotish settlers who came to Jamaica after the slave trade ended in 1807. The Wallace family were planters who owned most of North Eastern St. Elizabeth. Mount Trinity was one of many properties owned by the Wallace Family.
Eliza Jemima Bent died in April 1923. Mount Trinity
was a slave plantation owned by the Wallace family and was given to Jemima Bent by her mother. "