Ann Katherine Storer

Ann Katherine Storer, née Hill (April 1785, Shropshire, England - 7 May 1854, Greater London, England) was an estate administrator in Westmoreland, Jamaica, as a receiver of her late husband Anthony Gillbert Storer.
Life
Ann Katherine Storer was born in April 1785 in Shopshire, England. She was the eldest daughter of Thomas Hill and his wife Ann Katherine Hill. Six estates of the Storers became a subject of several lawsuits between the Storers and various creditors, in particular Charles Armstrong and Evelyn Bazelgette. Jamaican Court of Chancery appointed Storer as a joint receiver of her husband’s plantations. It was the only time in a period from 1823 to 1843 when the court appointed more than one receiver, including a woman.
In 1824 Storer was accused of the maltreatment of her black servant from Jamaica Philip Thompson, who claimed that flogging was his usual punishment in the house of the Storers.<ref name":0" /> Despite Thompson’s testimony and supporting statements, Storer was found not guilty.<ref name":0" />
Ann Katherine Storer died on 7 May 1854 at the age of 69 and was buried in Kensal Green Cemetery, Greater London.

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