Harriet Pickard (née Woodley)

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1843

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Will of Harriet Pickard widow of Bath [made in 1839] proved 26/07/1844. The will distributed personalty and effects among a network of absentee St Kitts slave-owners and other connections, including her brother Charles Woodley, the family of her late nephew Frederick Noel, her nephews William John Bankes, Rev. Edward Bankes and George Bankes, and her nieces Anna Countess of Falmouth and Lady Hawker.

Sources

PROB 11/2002/206.

Further Information

Absentee?

British/Irish

Maiden Name

Woodley

Spouse

Thomas Pickard

Associated Claims (1)

Relationships (4)

Harriet Pickard (née Woodley)

Aunt → Niece

Mary Noel later Lady Hawker (née Woodley)

Harriet Pickard (née Woodley)

Aunt → Nephew

William John Bankes

Harriet Pickard (née Woodley)

Daughter → Father

William Woodley MP

Harriet Pickard (née Woodley)

Sister → Brother

Addresses (1)

Bath, Somerset, South-west England, England

Further Information

People of Interest

John Stewart

1789 - 14^th Mar 1860

Possibly the first 'ethnic minority' MP to be elected (in 1832) to the House of Commons.

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Documents of Interest

Windsor and Williamsfield Inventory of Slaves 1814 p8

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:
'Harriet Pickard (née Woodley)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146666685 [accessed 22nd December 2024].

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