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Isabella Davy (née Rome)

Profile & Legacies Summary

1793 - 30th Jan 1870

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

  1. Probably the daughter of John Rome junior and Deborah Burton, baptised 22/01/1794 in Clarendon at the age of 10 months. On the same day, a son with the same parents, James Rome, was baptised aged 3.

  2. Isabella Rome married William Davy in Manchester, Jamaica, 02/11/1831.

  3. Isabella Davy, wife of William Davy, died 30/01/1870 aged 78.


Sources

  1. Familysearch.org, Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 [database online].

  2. Ibid.

  3. Email from Gillian Allen 17/02/2020 sourced to gravestone at Ridgemount Congregational Church, Mandeville, Jamaica.

We are grateful to Gillian Allen for her assistance with compiling this entry.

Further Information

Maiden Name
Rome
Spouse
William Davy

Associated Claims (2)

Jamaica Manchester 359 (Belle Air)
£1,097 4s 7d
Awardee
Details
Jamaica Manchester 360 (Bellefield)
£1,901 17s 1d
Awardee
Details

Associated Estates (6)

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:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1834 [EA] - → Executrix
Belle Air [ Jamaica | Manchester ]
1817 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Owner
Bellefield [ Jamaica | Manchester ]
1834 [EA] - → Joint owner
Bellefield [ Jamaica | Manchester ]
1826 [EA] - → Other
St. Helena [ Jamaica | Manchester ]

Purchaser of enslaved people on this estate.

1832 [EA] - → Not known
St. Helena [ Jamaica | Manchester ]

Possibly owner of the land and the enslaved people, although the enslaved people may have mostly worked on Bellfield.

1826 [EA] - → Other
Unknown [ Jamaica | Clarendon ]

Purchaser of enslaved people from this estate.

Relationships (1)

Isabella Davy (née Rome)
Wife → Husband
William Davy
Details