1780 - 7th Dec 1861
Anna Maria Bethell, née Chaloner, married William John Codrington (who changed his name to William John Bethell) in 1799. William John Bethell ne Codrington, who died c. 1831, was the son of Edward Codrington (1732-1775) and the brother of Sir Christopher Bethell-Codrington (q.v.).
T71/877 Antigua claim no. 54 (Browns (sp?), St Philips); Ancestry.com, England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973 [database online], shows the marriage at York 18/10/1799; will of William John Bethell of Merley House near Wimborne Dorset proved 23/09/1831, PROB 11/1790/44. Under the will he left £10,000 to his daughter Emma, and his share of real estate in Antigua and elsewhere to his wife Anna Maria.
http://www.thepeerage.com/p24346.htm#i243454 [accessed 06/08/2012].
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Maiden Name
Chaloner
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Name in compensation records
Mrs A.M. Bethell widow
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Spouse
William J Bethell (nee Codrington)
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Children
Emma
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Wealth at death
£1,500
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£2,588 6s 6d
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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1831 [SY] - 1834 [EY] → Joint owner
Part-ownership inherited from her husband William John Bethell (ne Codrington) who died c. 1831. |
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Aunt → Nephew
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Wife → Husband
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Sister-in-law → Brother-in-law
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Sister-in-law → Brother-in-law
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Sister-in-law → Brother-in-law
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43 Upper Grosvenor Street, London, 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:
'Anna Maria Bethell (née Chaloner)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/943 [accessed 18th April 2024].
