1751 - 1832
Year of birth estimated; buried 11 May 1832 in St Philip, Barbados. He was recorded as of "Buttal's, St George's".
He was virtually certainly the William Harding who left by deed 133 enslaved to Mary Elizabeth Dalzell. See the latter's return in 1826 for the Buttalls estate in St George. She was his daughter.
But NB William Harding, awardee, Barbados 3005 [17 Enslaved] and William Harding, awardee, Barbados 2974 [3 Enslaved]. Conrade Pile was also awardee, Barbados 3005.
TNA, T71/550, pp. 47-8; Barbados Church Records, 1637-1887: Family Search; Barbados Department of Archives. Hughes-Queree Index of Plantations.
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Spouse
Elizabeth Merritt
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Children
Includes Mary Elizabeth and William [junior]
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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] - 1817 [LA] → Owner
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1832 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Previous owner
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Previous owner
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Father → Son
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Husband → Wife
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Father → Daughter
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1761 - ????
"Free quadroon woman" and mother of eleven children; independently wealthy, perhaps through legacies left her by her partners James Tierney (died 1784) and Ebenezer Robertson (died 1825).
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:
'William Harding I', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146635294 [accessed 23rd December 2024].
