Women and Wills | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
As testators | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
As beneficiaries | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
30
|
| 24
|
| 1
| 55 (including 9 executrices)
| 65
| Women and deeds of gift or conveyance
|
| As transferors
|
| 4
|
| As transferees
| 17
|
| 2
| 19
| 23
|
| Total
| 88
| |
Notes: Only women who lived on and/or had property interests on the southern Avalon are included in this tally. Female beneficiaries of southern-Avalon testamentary documents who were resident in St. John's, England, or Ireland and who inherited property outside the study area were excluded.
Sources: Database compiled by the author, as described in Appendix B.