Deborah Briscoe formerly Campbell (née Woodstock)

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1797

Biography

Will of Deborah Briscoe [sic] widow of [Wimpole Street] St Marylebone proved 19/09/1797. She left £5000 in trust with the income to go to her daughter Elizabeth Woodstock Yorke, wife of John Yorke [of Halton Place, Yorks., d. 1813], and the principal to be willed by Elizabeth Woodstock Yorke at her decease; she left £1100 owed to her by John Yorke and a further £2000 for the benefit of her grand-daughter Mary Ann Campbell, and £2000 each to three other grand-daughters. She willed the personalty arising in Jamaica from her deceased husband Peter Campbell having settled the indebtedness of her brother Barnart Andries Woodstock's estates there to her son, also Peter Campbell.

Sources

PROB 11/1296/152

Further Information

Absentee?

Transatlantic

Maiden Name

Woodstock

Spouse

(1) Peter Campbell of Fish River (2) Wastel Brisco

Children

With (1) including Peter Campbell and Elizabeth Woodstock

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

1797 [EA] - 1797 [LA] → Owner

Cumberland Valley [ Jamaica | Westmoreland ]

Relationships (5)

Deborah Briscoe formerly Campbell (née Woodstock)

Widow → Deceased Husband

Peter Campbell of Fish River

Deborah Briscoe formerly Campbell (née Woodstock)

Mother → Son

Deborah Briscoe formerly Campbell (née Woodstock)

Wife → Second Husband

Wastel Brisco of Jamaica and Wimpole Street

Deborah Briscoe formerly Campbell (née Woodstock)

Mother-in-law → Son-in-law

Deborah Briscoe formerly Campbell (née Woodstock)

Sister → Brother

Barnart Andries Woodstock

Addresses (1)

Wimpole Street, London, Middlesex, London, England

Further Information

People of Interest

Coco Sandiford

1810 - ????

Enslaved young woman in St Peter, Barbados. Manumitted on the eve of Emancipation. Married a butcher in Speightstown.

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Documents of Interest

Windsor and Williamsfield Inventory of Slaves 1814 p8

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:
'Deborah Briscoe formerly Campbell (née Woodstock)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146651441 [accessed 8th November 2024].

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