1808 - 29th Aug 1841
Helen Ritchie, daughter of John Ritchie and his wife Mary, baptised 26/06/1808 in St James, Jamaica. Death at Jamaica, age 33, Helen Heath, wife of William Heath of Spring Mount Estate and second daughter of the late J. Ritchie, Esq, 29/08/1841. Inherited enslaved people from Farm and Retirement estates on the death of her father in the mid-1820s.
Familysearch.org batch no. I03814-1; Gentleman's magazine Vol XVI p. 668 (December 1841).
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Maiden Name
Ritchie
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Spouse
William Heath
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£552 8s 2d
Awardee
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£819 8s 11d
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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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1826 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Joint owner
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1826 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Other
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Wife → Husband
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Daughter → Father
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9th Oct 1760 - 1801
Prominent Liverpool merchant and slave-trader
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:
'Helen Heath (née Ritchie)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/43262 [accessed 19th April 2024].
