Sarah Theodora Foulks

26th Feb 1781 - 1838


Biography

  1. Daughter of Theodore Faulks and his wife Mary. Inherited a share in Mullet Hall and Amity estates in Clarendon, Jamaica, from her father, whose will was proved in 1811. Baptism of Sarah Theodora, daughter of Theodore Foulkes and Mary his wife in Clarendon, August 1781. Sarah Theodora Foulks, age 70, was buried in Redland, Clifton, 05/06/1838.

  2. Ann Morgan Foulks, Mary Burbury Foulkes, Sarah Foulkes spinster sisters leased their enslaved people to their brother Arthur in 1807, along with their niece Elizabeth. Arthur to have the benefit at The Lodge, parish of St Dorothy, County Middlesex Jamaica. He to have the benefit of any increase - births - and to make up any deficiencies caused by death to the women. The legal document lists the names of the enslaved people owned by each of the women and their value. All the family are listed as of Brokenhurst, in the New Forest, outside Southampton.


Sources

  1. PROB 11/1519/357; Familysearch.org, Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 [database online]; Ancestry.com, England, Select Bristol Parish Registers, 1538-1900 [database online].

  2. Southampton Archives D/M Box 64/3/100/1-2 and 64/3/101.

We are grateful to Cheryl Butler for her assistance with compiling this entry.


Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish

Associated Estates (4)

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
1817 [EA] - → Other
1811 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Joint owner
1811 [SY] - 1823 [LA] → Joint owner
1811 [SY] - 1823 [LA] → Joint owner

Relationships (6)

Daughter → Father
Daughter → Mother
Sister → Brother
Sisters
Sisters
Sisters

Addresses (2)

Clifton, Bristol, Gloucestershire, South-west England, England
Brockenhurst, Hampshire, Wessex, England