Burial entry of a "Black woman" in 1808
A record of burials at St Mary, Whittall Street, found in the registers of St Philip's, includes the burial of 'Joanna D. Cruz, spinster, a Black woman' on 19 October 1808.
Will made in Bombay in 1791
Will made by William Shepherd, merchant, of the house of Forbes, Shepherd & Co. on the island of Bombay, which left money to his wife and to his brother and sisters in Ayrshire.