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LBS has concluded that there were two William Ricketts Johnson: this man, who married Deborah Heath Ruddick (q.v.) at St Martin-in-the-Fields in London 24/01/1818, when he was shown as a bachelor, and a second man (William Ricketts Johnson the elder, q.v.) who had married Catherine Williams and was dead by 1807.
Deborah Heath Ruddick was the daughter of William Fleming (q.v.) and his wife Catherine Eleanor nee Nightingale, baptised in Westmoreland in 1773.
Ancestry.com, London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 [database online] for the 24/01/1818 marriage.
Familysearch.org, Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 [database online].
We are grateful to Vilma Ruddock for her assistance with compiling this entry.
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Transatlantic?
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Spouse
Deborah Ruddick
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£84 3s 10d
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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1820 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Joint owner
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1810 [EA] - 1810 [LA] → Not known
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Son-in-law → Father-in-law
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Second Husband → Wife
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1810 - ????
Enslaved young woman in St Peter, Barbados. Manumitted on the eve of Emancipation. Married a butcher in Speightstown.
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:
'William Ricketts Johnson', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/23106/ [accessed 23rd April 2024].
