???? - 1851
Slave-owner in Jamaica, co-owner of the enslaved people on Longwood in St Elizabeth with Henry Coote (q.v.), probably her son-in-law.
In 1851 Martha Delaroche, born Marshfield Gloucestershire aged 84 widow, fundholders was a lodger at 32 Catherine Place, St Andrew, Bristol with Mary A. Coote aged 56 widow annuitant born Jamaica.
The will of Martha Delaroche widow of Bristol was proved 10/07/1851. Under it she left her railway shares between her son Joseph Delaroche of Clarendon Jamaica and her daughter Mary Ann Coote widow, who was also her residuary legatee. In 1851 Martha Delaroche aged 84 and Mary A. Coote aged 56 (the latter born Carrisbrook [sic] Jamaica) were lodging at Catherine Place, St Andrew Bristol.
'Descendants of Thomas Delaroche' via JamaicaFamilySearch, http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/r/rdelar01.htm [accessed 31/10/2018].
1851 census online.
PROB 11/2135/388.
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Absentee?
Transatlantic
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Maiden Name
Shapland
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Spouse
John Delaroche II
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£487 8s 9d
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] - 1834 [LA] → Joint owner
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Mother-in-law → Son-in-law
Notes →
Inferred relationship....
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Widow → Deceased Husband
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32 Catherine Place, Bristol, Gloucestershire, South-west England, England
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???? - 1848
Successful planter in British Guiana and Grenada; part of a close-knit mixed-race family with numerous business interests.
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:
'Martha Delaroche (née Shapland)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/43116 [accessed 25th April 2024].
