1783 - 1837
Slave-owner in Jamaica, widow of William Hylton jun., buried at St John's Church, Elizabeth, New Jersey in 1837.
Extracted From Inscriptions on Tombstones & Monuments in the Burying Grounds of The First Presbyterian Church & St. John's Church at Elizabeth, New Jersey, 1664-1892 Wm. Ogden Wheeler & Edmund D. Halsey (1892) BURYING GROUNDS, ST. JOHNS CHURCH Transcribed by Jane Devlin, http://dunhamwilcox.net/nj/elizabeth_nj_cem4.htm [accessed 27/10/2019]
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Absentee?
USA
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Name in compensation records
Rachel Johnson Ibylton
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Spouse
William Hylton jun.
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£339 11s 5d
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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1817 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Joint owner
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1823 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
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1820 [EA] - → Joint owner
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Wife → Husband
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Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA - United States of America
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1785 - 1854
Jamaican-born widow of a prominent slave-owner; resident in Britain following the death of her husband in 1818. Accused - and acquitted - of the cruel treatment of some enslaved people whom she brought to Britain with her.
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:
'Rachel Johnson Hylton', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/45788 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
