Sarah Mary Gilborne
| Birth: | 9 Jan 1782, St. Catherine, Jamaica |
| Christen: | 2 Mar 1782, St. Catherine, Jamaica |
| Death: | ca 1829, Jamaica |
| Burial: | Not known |
| Occupation: | Not known |
| Father: | Not known |
| Mother: | Not known |
Sarah Mary Gilborne, described as 'mulatto' was christened in 1782, the daughter of Elizabeth Selvin, a free negro. No father's name is given, but he had to be white skinned for his daughter to be mulatto, and with her surname Gilborne one assumes this was her father's surname. See her mother's page for speculation as to who her father might have been.
Nothing is known of her life until she appears in the register of slave owners in Kingston in June 1817, owning five slaves:
| Names | colour | age | african or creole | Remarks | |
| Females | |||||
| Latteria Richards | negro | 40 | Creole | ||
| Betsey Tucker | negro | 26 | african | ||
| Jane Lodge | Sambo | 8 | creole | Betsey Tucker's daughter | |
| Sophia Henry | Negro | 5 | Creole | Betsey Tucker's daughter | |
| Louisa | negro | 2 | Creole | Betsey Tucker's daughter |
These slaves do not appear to be recorded in further returns until 1829, when Sarah Elizabeth Gilborne has died and Betsy Tucker and her daughters are in the possession of Richard Gilborne 'as Administrator of the Estate of Sarah Mary Gilborne.' There is no record of Latteria Richards, and it is not known what became of her.
But who is Richard Gilborne? The only known Richard at this time was himself a slave, aged 44 in the possession of Sarah Buckmaster's attorney, John Oldham in 1832.
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