1793 - 30th Jan 1870
Probably the daughter of John Rome junior and Deborah Burton, baptised 22/01/1794 in Clarendon at the age of 10 months. On the same day, a son with the same parents, James Rome, was baptised aged 3.
Isabella Rome married William Davy in Manchester, Jamaica, 02/11/1831.
Isabella Davy, wife of William Davy, died 30/01/1870 aged 78.
Familysearch.org, Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 [database online].
Ibid.
Email from Gillian Allen 17/02/2020 sourced to gravestone at Ridgemount Congregational Church, Mandeville, Jamaica.
We are grateful to Gillian Allen for her assistance with compiling this entry.
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Maiden Name
Rome
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Spouse
William Davy
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£1,097 4s 7d
Awardee
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£1,901 17s 1d
Awardee
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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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1834 [EA] - → Executrix
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1817 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Owner
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1834 [EA] - → Joint owner
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1826 [EA] - → Other
Purchaser of enslaved people on this estate. |
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1832 [EA] - → Not known
Possibly owner of the land and the enslaved people, although the enslaved people may have mostly worked on Bellfield. |
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1826 [EA] - → Other
Purchaser of enslaved people from this estate. |
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Wife → Husband
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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.
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CITING THIS RECORD:
'Isabella Davy (née Rome)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146647819 [accessed 23rd January 2025].
