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In her will made in 1798 and proved 14/11/1799, Sarah Hodges widow of Hampton Court after minor legacies left all of her property to her son Thomas Hodges and grand-daughter Selina Elizabeth Hastings (d. c. 1820). Selina Elizabeth Hastings' brother became the 12th Earl of Huntingdon: their mother Sarah Hodges, the daughter of Sarah Hodges nee Fowler of Hampton Court, had married Lt Col. George Hastings in 1769. At some point between 1791 and 1805, the Hodges family appears to have sold Lacovia.
PROB 11/1332/156.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Maiden Name
Fowler
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Spouse
John
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Children
Thomas; Sarah
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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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1768 [EA] - 1791 [LA] → Owner
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Widow → Deceased Husband
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Mother → Son
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Hampton Court, Hampton, Middlesex, London, 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:
'Sarah Hodges (née Fowler)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146649515 [accessed 26th November 2024].
