Marie Louise Darling (née Sabate)

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Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Owner of enslaved persons in Kingston, Jamaica, and beneficiary of compensation for enslaved persons on Robin's Hall estate, Manchester, Jamaica, and Turnbull's Pen, St Catherine, Jamaica, as guardian of her son Alexander Campbell junior (q.v.).

  1. L'Hoste and Kite (both q.v.) were trustees for Robert Darling and his wife Marie Louise née Sabate, the original claimant as guardian of her son Alexander Campbell (illegitimate son of Alexander Campbell senior (q.v.)).

  2. Marie Louise Sabate was listed as proprietor of Turnbull's estate in St Catherine, with 35 enslaved persons and 101 stock, in 1833.

  3. Marie Louise Sabate appeared in a list of Roman Catholic confirmations at Kingston, 07/07/1835.

  4. Marie Louise Sabite "a free quadroon" had two children with William Copeland, baptised in Kingston: William (1808) and Mary Ann (1810). She had a son James Bremand Smith with Jas. F. Smith baptised in Kingston in 1814. Two sons, Donald Benny Campbell and John Campbell with Alexander Campbell, baptised in Kingston in 1823 and 1825. A daughter, Mary Hendrick, with William Hendrick baptised in Kingston in 1827.


Sources

T71/862 Kingston claim no. 1579; T71/863 Kingston claim no. 2411; T71/860 Manchester claim no. 295 (Robin's Hall); T71/852 claim no. 498 (Turnsbull Pen).

  1. T71/860.

  2. Jamaica Almanac (1833).

  3. Available at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/c/conf1805.htm [accessed 14/06/2012].

  4. Familysearch.org, Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 [database online].


Further Information

Maiden Name
Sabate
Spouse
Robert Darling
Children
[illeg. with Alexander Campbell] Alexander Campbell junior

Associated Claims (4)

£686 11s 5d
Awardee
£81 15s 0d
Awardee
£930 17s 10d
Beneficiary
£638 9s 8d
Beneficiary

Associated Estates (3)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1834 [EA] - → Guardian
1832 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Guardian
1817 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner

Relationships (3)

Mother → Natural Son
Extra-marital relationships
Wife → Husband