1812 - 21st Mar 1897
Baptised in Trelawny, Jamaica, 30/06/1812, daughter of Dugald Malcolm Ruthven and his wife Mary nee Virgo. Her father died in 1813 and the family moved to England. When writing her will in 1824, her mother described herself as late of Great Coram Street in Middlesex, now of Brighthelmston in Sussex. Inherited a quarter share in a group of enslaved people in Trelawny from her mother as residuary legatee.
Married Envidale Savage Norman Campbell, an army captain, in Trelawny, 22/09/1832. Living in Trevor Square in London in January 1836 at the baptism of their first child. A second child was baptised in Jamaica in 1842 and a third in Chelsea, London, in 1848. By 1851 the family had moved to Adelaide in South Australia where their twin boys were born 18/07/1851. Mary Bell Campbell died in Ardale, Victoria, 1897 at the age of 85.
Familysearch.org batch nos. I03814-2 and I04099-9. PROB 11/1756/112.
Findmypast.co.uk, Westminster Baptisms [database online]. Familysearch.org batch no. I04735-4. Familysearch.org, Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 [database online]. Ancestry.com, Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 [database online]. Ancestry.com Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 [database online].
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Absentee?
'Foreign'
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Maiden Name
Ruthven
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Spouse
Envidale Savage Norman Campbell
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Children
Madeline Gertrude, Malcolm Myddleton, Reginald Shadwell, Alfred Anderson
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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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1825 [SY] - 1832 [LA] → Trust beneficiary
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Sister-in-law → Brother-in-law
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Sisters
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Daughter → Mother
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Sister → Brother
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Sister → Brother
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Australia
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Trevor Square, London, Middlesex, London, England
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25th Nov 1776 - 1851
Resident clergyman, proponant of religious instruction for enslaved people.
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:
'Mary Bell Campbell (née Ruthven)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146648887 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
