UCL

William Derrickson Beard

Profile & Legacies Summary

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Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Although William Derrickson Beard was in Bristol in 1835, he appears to have been a resident planter, registering enslaved people in 1817 for himself and his daughter Elizabeth, and in 1828 for 'self, Caroline Beard (his wife) and children'. There is no sign of him in Britain after 1835.


Sources

T71/1609 letter from William Derrickson Beard, Harford Street, Cathay, Bristol to Commissioners 06/01/1835; T71/1592 20/08/1835, 03/11/1835 and 07/11/1835 Commissioners to Beard; Ancestry.com, Slave Registers of former British Colonial Dependencies, 1812-1834 [database on-line], St Kitts 1817 and 1828 (the latter not dated on www.ancestry.com).

Further Information

Spouse
Caroline Burroughs
Occupation
Planter

Associated Claims (1)

St Kitts 243
£191 14s 8d
Awardee
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Associated Estates (2)

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
1824 [EA] - 01/12/1824 [ED] → Manager
Diamond [ St Kitts | St George Basseterre ]
01/12/1824 [SD] - 1833 [LA] → Lessee (Estate)
Diamond [ St Kitts | St George Basseterre ]

Received 62 enslaved people with the estate from Charles Adamson esq 1st December 1824.

Addresses (1)

13 Harford Street, Bristol, Gloucestershire, South-west England, England
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