1800 - ????
Harriet Davis Burton of Hackney, jointly inherited Content plantation and c. 80 enslaved people in Jamaica.
A minor in 1817 when John Davis registered enslaved people on Content plantation in Jamaica as her guardian. Married James Burton by 1820. An absentee by at least 1825 (probably by 1820 when her husband employed William Oldaker as his agent).
In the census of 1841 at Downs Cottages (near Amherst Road) in Hackney with children James (age 15), Maria (15), Margaret (12) and Harriet (10), plus Martha Oldaker (11), John Oldaker (7) and 1 female servant. In the census of 1851 at 1 Downs Cottages, Tower Hamlets, Hackney, age 51, occupation 'Dividends from Railway[?]', born Jamaica. In the same household were her daughters Maria E, age 26, Margarett, age 22 and Harriet age 20 (all living off dividends and born in Hackney), her father-in-law George Burton, age 82, retired shipbroker, born in Hull, and 1 female servant. At the same address in 1861 with her daughter Harriet, a music teacher, Sophia Faunthroy, a boarder, and 1 female servant.
See estate evolutions for Content plantation. 1841, 1851 and 1861 censuses online.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Maiden Name
Davis
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Spouse
James Burton
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Children
Maria E., Margarett, Harriet
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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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1820 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Joint owner
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1817 [EA] - → Trust beneficiary
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Wife → Husband
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Hackney, London, Middlesex, London, England
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1 Downs Cottages, Amhurst Road, Hackney, London, Middlesex, London, England
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1781 - 14th Jun 1863
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family. London and Bristol merchant and banker (Baillie, Ames & Baillie), major recipient of slave compensation across the Caribbean.
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:
'Harriet Davis Burton (née Davis)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146645899 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
