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Of Mulgrave Castle, Whitby, England, 1817-1820.
Sister of Dr John Woofe (q.v.). Baptised 21/01/1754 in Easington, Yorkshire, daughter of Rev. Joseph Woofe, sometime rector of Howden.
Married Stephen Sharp 08/02/1775 in York. She was age 21 and he was 23. They had five children baptised in Scarborough, Yorkshire: Stephen (1776), Elizabeth Woofe (1777), Maria (1779), Sally (1783) and John Woofe (1786).
Her husband may be the Stephen Sharp, late of Scarborough, master mariner, deceased, intestate, whose creditors were requested to send an account of their respective demands, and the nature of their securities (if any) to Mr Robert Bosman, administrator of the personal estate of the deceased, or to Mr McGeorge, attorney at law, in Scarborough, in March 1787.
England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 [database online].
Ancestry.com, England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973 [database online]; Ancestry.com, England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 [database online]; Ancestry.com, England & Wales, Christening Index, 1530-1980 [database online].
Newcastle Courant 03/03/1787.
We are grateful to Demetrius Ferguson for his assistance with compiling this entry.
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British/Irish
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Maiden Name
Woofe
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Spouse
Stephen Sharpe
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Children
Stephen, Elizabeth Woofe, Maria, Sally, John Woofe
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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:
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1817 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Not known
Capacity not known, but assumed to be connected to her brother John Woofe and husband Stephen Sharpe. |
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1823 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Owner
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1832 [EA] - → Previous owner
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Sister → Brother
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Mulgrave Castle, Whitby, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England
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1787 - 1861
Enslaved boy on Unity Valley Pen, Jamaica. Manumitted in 1795 by David Barclay and removed to Philadelphia, with 29 other freed persons from the estate, where he was placed under the care of Society for Improving the Condition of Free Blacks.
Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.
© Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2024
CITING THIS RECORD:
'Mrs Sarah Sharp (née Woofe)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146642651 [accessed 26th November 2024].
