1794 - 1863
Frances Batty, widow of Richard Batty of Demerara (d. 1826), who died at Hertford 02/04/1863 in her 70th year. She is given as Frances Strangham Batty in the online record of her burial at St John's Hertford on 07/04/1863.
Very likely the Frances Batty, born Barbados, living with her son-in-law Ellis Troughton junior (q.v.) at Cranbrook, Kent, in the censuses of 1851 and 1861.
Herts Guardian14/04/1863, from 'Persons affiliated w/Guyana in British Newspapers', http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyggbs/Transcriptions/LisaB/DeathsTrans2015.pdf [accessed 04/04/2016]; Ancestry.com, England, Selected Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991 [database online]; 1851 and 1861 censuses online.
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Absentee?
Transatlantic
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Spouse
Richard Batty
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£445 18s 0d
Awardee
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Mother-in-law → Son-in-law
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Hertford, Hertfordshire, South-east England, England
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Cranbrook, Kent, South-east England, 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:
'Frances Straghan Batty', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/7442 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
