Lucy Hill formerly Barrett (née Swinburne)

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1862

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Sir John Hill, the husband of Lucy Hill nee Swinburne, claimed apparently unsuccessfully for the compensation for Spot Valley in St James Jamaica in right of his wife, who had an annuity of £200 p.a. secured on Spit Valley, with arrears of £1000. She was the widow of Joseph Barrett (q.v., under Joseph Francis Sill Barrett), and had remarried in 1804.

Further Information

Absentee?

British/Irish

Maiden Name

Swinburne

Spouse

(1) Joseph Francis Barrett (2) Sir John Hill

Associated Claims (1)

Associated Estates (1)

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 [LA] → Annuitant

Spot Valley [ Jamaica | St James ]

The husband of Lucy Hill, Sir John Hill, claimed the compensation for the enslaved people on Spot Valley in the 1830s in right of wife based on her annuity of £200 p.a. This had been left to her after the death of her first husband Joseph Barrett (himself an annuitant) under the will of her father-in-law Wisdom Barrett made in 1792 and proved in 1798.