Some Manumissions with Unrecorded Surnames found in the Barbados Department of Archives RB1 Series
Under this heading, you will find listed the surnames of owners who manumitted their slaves by their first names. Others whose surnames were recorded are included in the Memorial of the Manumitted page. Absence of a surname does not mean lack of one but an indication that there was a recognised kinship between the owner and the manumitted. In some cases the liberator has purchased the slave for the purposes of marriage when freed or has purchased her or his children and their closest relatives. Other times, it may be that an unrelated slave is manumitted but permitted to use the liberator’s surname.
At other times, an unrelated intermediary is used to register the manumission abroad and that person would sometimes include the surnames of at least one of the manumitted as a matter of record. Where this does not occur it is crucial to search the Counter Deeds for the sale of the slave to the intermediary. In some cases, the intermediary passes on the slave for the purposes of manumission to another and the freed person goes by the name of the first vendor or intermediary.
Mariners and businessmen travelling abroad as well as relatives overseas were often sold the person intended for manumission and although persons such as Elizabeth Butler, Sussanna Ostrehan, Edward Guy Deane, Nathan Litherland, Isaac Massiah, John Montefiori, James West and William Hinds Prescod appear in many deeds as intermediaries they are often unrelated to the freed slave.
Once you have come across the missing person in either lists you can write the Barbados Department of Archives for verification.
LIBERATOR |
FREED PERSON |
INTERMEDIARY |
LOCATION |
Abarbanell, Simha |
Sally Rose |
Moses Brandon |
London 1813 |
Adams, Ann Christian |
Susanna |
Isaac Parfitt |
London 1810 |
Alleyne, Benjamin |
Rebecca |
|
Barbados 1805 |
Austin, Agnes |
Cubbah John (w) Sam (b) |
William Wilson |
London 1812 |
Barnes, Mary Ann |
Anna Maria |
Stephen Redman Knight |
London 1813 |
Ayshford, Martha |
Molly Nell |
|
Barbados 1810 |
Belgrave, Sarah Ann |
Sally Maria Thorn and her daughter Sarah Ann; Charles |
Chenery, William |
London 1816 |
Bend, Elizabeth |
Susey |
Jane Lambert Skinner |
London 1813 |
Bovell, Elizabeth |
Fanny |
Benjamin Leacock |
London 1812 |
Boyce, Samuel |
Betsy Nelia & her children John Allington, William, Joseph, Harriet |
|
Barbados 1816 |
Brathwaite, Mehitabel |
Rachel |
|
Barbados 1816 |
Brennan, Thomas |
Sally Ann |
|
Barbados 1806 |
Busby, Richard Alexander |
Peggy Ann and her children Betsy Ann and Malvina |
Edward Burton |
London 1816 |
Campbell, Duncan |
Jennie and her children Suttie and Edward |
James Bruce |
Barbados 1809 |
Chase, Rebecca |
Nazra |
|
London 1810 |
Chapman, James |
Phibbah and her daughters Caroline & Charlotte |
|
London 1817 |
Clarke, Ann |
Statira |
John & George Ironmonger |
London 1813 |
Cohen, Lewis |
George Henry; Sarah Prudence and Kitty Present; Sam, Thomas, Patience Hope |
|
London, 1808 |
Colleton, Charles Garth |
Elizabeth |
|
London 1813 |
Dowrich, James |
Sarah |
|
Barbados 1816 |
--- |
Mary Phillis & her child Mary Lemon |
Gillespy, John (mariner) |
Liverpool 1812 |
Dummett, Edward James |
Sam Bristow, Nanny Jane and Betsy Rachel |
Sam Chollet |
Liverpool 1809 |
Elder, William Edward |
Jane Frances (Jenny) and her children James William and John Edward |
|
UK 1805 |
Fercharson, John |
Maria and Francis |
Samuel Cowse |
London 1809 |
Gill, James |
Maria |
|
Barbados 1801 |
Goodwin, George |
Eve |
|
Barbados 1809 |
Hackett, John |
Henrietta Jane |
Thomas W. Lewis & James West |
London 1813 |
Hamden, John & Elizabeth; Lovell, Mary Yard |
Molly |
|
Barbados 1805 |
Harper, Thomas Bishop |
Adelaide Myrtilla |
Francis Collier |
Barbados 1819 |
Harris, John |
Sarah Dinah |
|
Barbados 1808 |
Hartle, Mary |
Betty Hannah |
Robert Branford (mariner) |
London 1813 |
Knight, Richard |
Mary and her children: Mary, Ellen and Betsy Ann |
|
London 1817 |
Knight, Samuel |
Celia Bess alias Sarah Bellah |
James West |
London 1810 |
Lane, John & Thomas |
Dolly |
|
London 1809 |
Levine, Sally |
Agnes |
|
Barbados 1820 |
Lewis, Edward John |
Molly |
|
Barbados 1804 |
Lindo, Abraham |
Cumbah |
|
London 1812 |
Lopez, Hannah Esther |
Sarah, Rebecca and Isaac |
Abraham Rodrigues Brandon |
Barbados 1801 |
Lousada, Moses Baruh |
Philly Rose |
|
London 1810 |
Lovell, Philip |
Ann |
|
Barbados 1816 |
McClean, Lt. Daniel |
Sarah |
|
Guadeloupe |
Mayers, Conrade |
Sally |
Hamlet Mayers Lynch, |
London 1813 |
O’Neale, Thomas |
Betsy John and her children George Edward and Phil Thomas |
|
Barbados 1825 |
Nichols, Judith |
William |
|
Barbados 1816 |
Ostrahan, Susanna |
Polly Ann |
Thomas Best |
Liverpool 1815 |
Ostrehan, Susanna |
William |
Christian Blackman & William Field Porter |
London 1810 |
Piggott, Sarah |
Betsy and 3 children: John Francis, George and Sarah Jane |
Edward Ashcroft |
Liverpool 1805 |
Piggott, Sir Arthur |
Cornelia and her son Edward, John Matt |
|
London 1816 |
Roach, Joseph |
Margaret and her children Richard, William and Joseph |
|
Barbados 1819 |
Rollstone, Prince |
Princess |
|
Barbados 1800 |
Stewart, John |
Polly |
Austin, Executor of will |
Barbados 1801 |
Toppin, Anthony Hartle & William Toppin |
Molly Maria |
Edward John Lewis |
Barbados 1804 |
Thorne, Joseph |
Charles |
George Keysar |
Liverpool 1810 |
Umphrey, William |
Betsy Ann |
|
Barbados 1801 |
Wheeler, Edward |
Sarah Hannah |
Nathaniel Phillips |
Barbados 1805 |
Yarde, Samuel |
William and his sister Fanny |
Pile, Executor of will |
Barbados 1802 |
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RB7 Series, Part of Volume 24 & Volume 25 - 1828-1831
LIBERATOR |
FREED PERSONS |
INTERMEDIARY |
LOCATION |
Ames, Samuel |
Harriet |
Edward Brace Terrill executor |
Liverpool |
Barrow, Ann |
Kitty Hester and Mary Thomas |
Joseph Hart |
London |
Beckles, Margaret Anne |
Margaret Ann, John Edward, Sarah Jane, Elizabeth Christian |
John Alleyne Beckles |
London |
Belgrave, Jacob |
Charlotte, Caroline, Sally and Violet, Bram, Tommy, Frederick, Kitty Ann, Mary Jane and Sarah Rose |
John Francis Dixon (mariner) |
Liverpool |
Bellinfante, Rebecca |
Peggy Ann and her son Johnny |
John Montefiore |
London |
Belston, Edward (mariner) |
Charlotte and her children Elizabeth and John Henry |
|
Antigua |
Bennetts, Robert (mariner) |
Dolly and her children: Antinetto, Mary Jane and William Thomas, |
|
Antigua |
Best, John Parry |
Evelina |
|
Barbados |
Boyce, Thompson |
Nanny Jane and her daughter Mary Francis |
Nathan Litherland |
Liverpool |
Brandon, Abraham Rodrigues |
Lucy and her children Sarah Ann, William Henry and Joseph |
|
London |
Brown, George |
Mascoll |
Nathaniel William Jones |
Liverpool |
|
Ben |
James Brown (mariner) |
Antigua |
Butler, James |
Betsy Jane and her children Charles, James Robert and Richard, Eliza, Anna Maria and Avis; Anna Maria and her 4 children William Henry, Octavia, Thomas William and Alexander; |
Robert Grey |
London |
Campbell, John (mariner) |
Jacob; Lucy Ann |
|
Antigua |
Cheekes, John Rowe |
Betsy Ann & her daughter Rowena |
|
Barbados |
... |
Videlicet, William Henry, Olivia, |
Edward Guy Deane |
Liverpool |
Cheltenham, Joseph |
Phillis |
|
Barbados |
Chenery,Charles (mariner) |
Sarah Patience |
|
Barbados |
Curtys, James |
James Richard; Jane Ann; Mary; Mary Clementina |
Robert Branford (mariner) |
London |
DeCastro, Hananel |
Mary |
|
Barbados |
---… |
Belles, Sally Edmund, Molly Ann; Mary Elizabeth |
Edward Guy Deane |
Liverpool |
Dryggs, Seth |
Richard |
|
Barbados |
Elkin, Benjamin |
Joanna and Agnes |
Richard Smitten Batson |
Antigua |
--- |
Susannah-Bellah, Letitia |
Hart Lyon |
Liverpool |
Gaskin, Robert Manley |
Peter |
George Keysar (mariner) |
Liverpool |
Gilkes, Thomas Reason |
Molly and her son James Thomas |
|
Antigua |
Gillespy, John |
Dinah |
|
Liverpool |
Gorey, James William |
Maria |
|
Demerary |
Graham, Margaret |
Dianna and her daughter Nancy Grace, Anna Maria, Rebecca Margaret, Georgianna & Mary Hester and Primus |
John Williams |
Barbados |
Greenidge, Francis |
Fate, Robert (Bob), William |
John Atkinson Haswell |
Liverpool |
Harding, Mary |
James and Joy and Magsy |
John William Phillips (mariner) |
Bristol |
Haswell, John Atkinson |
Peggy Jane |
George Brown |
Liverpool |
Haswell, John Atkinson |
Betsy Ann, James and Richard |
Francis Greenidge & Joseph Browne |
Liverpool |
Holford, William Henry |
Mary and Betsy-Ann |
|
Barbados |
Hunte, Daniel & Mary Jane & |
Sylvia and her children Kitty and Betsey Ellen |
Edward Beard and William Lange |
Ireland |
Ince, Hannah Hall |
Philly Ann |
Hannah Maria Best Spooner |
Middlesex |
Johnson, Elizabeth |
Henry |
Nathan Litherland |
Liverpool |
Litherland, Nathan |
Sally Grace, Juba, Philis and Maria (inf); Margaret and Margaret Ann |
|
Liverpool |
Loucke, Ann |
Patience |
William Bynoe (mariner) |
Barbados |
Lowther’s Plantation |
Louisa |
The Marquis of Cleveland |
U.K. |
Lugar, James |
Lucy Ann and her children Betsy Ann and Henry |
|
Demerara |
McKay, Mary |
Sarah and Princess Amelia |
|
Barbados |
Malloney, John Henry |
Jack Milord, John Willia, Ben John and Vilett |
Francis Casanova |
Liverpool |
Mapp, George and Eliza & Charlotte Moe (widow) |
Charlotte and her sons Robert Reed and Thomas Joseph; |
|
Bath |
Mounter, Robert Ayshford and Jane |
Abigael and her granddaughter Jane Frances |
Norville, James Yeamans |
Barbados |
Norville, Sarah |
Rebecca Thomasin & Jane Ann; Franny Rosetta (Rosey}; Fanny Bruce; Mary Frances |
Thomas Beazley (mariner) |
London |
Nunes, Benjamin |
Bella Flora & Charlotte |
|
Essex |
Nunes, Esther |
Ann; Isabella, Deborah Hester & Rebecca Jane |
Joshua Mendes DaCosta |
London |
Odell, Mary |
Damon |
|
Barbados |
|
Annette |
John McGuffie & Thomas Prescott (witness) |
Liverpool |
Phillips, John Randall & wife Elizabeth Went Lovell |
Phillis, Fanny and her children Judy Phil and Samuel |
|
London |
Prescod, William Hinds |
James; John William (men); Beck, Tamah, Luckey, Betty Grace, Polly Nancy (women); Empress, Anne, Juddy (girls); |
|
London |
Roberts, Elizabeth Ann |
Emily and Sarah |
Nathan Litherland |
Liverpool |
Sealy, Thomas |
Catherine Ann (Kitty Ann) |
|
Clifton, Gloucester |
Shepherd, Christian |
Queen |
|
Barbados |
Shepherd, Henry George |
Polly and her children Henry, William, Charles, Joseph, Renn, John, Benjamin, Robert, Sarah and Mercy Ann |
Robert Bennetts ( mariner) |
Antigua |
Shurland, Mary |
Barbara |
|
Barbados |
Simmons, Henry Peter |
John Henry & Margaret children of Betsy Jane |
|
Liverpool |
Simpson, John |
John |
|
Barbados |
Spencer, John William |
Nancy |
Ralph Crichlow (mariner) |
Antigua |
Straughan, Harbourne gibbes |
Ruthy Patience and her child Mary Agnes |
|
Edinburgh |
Stroud, Elizabeth |
Rachel and Griffith |
Jacob Montefiore |
London |
Thompson, Frances |
Betsy Frances |
|
|
Tudor, Henry, Sr. |
Cecilia |
Nathan Litherland |
Liverpool |
Walter, Belinda |
Mary Jane, Frances Arthur, Susannah Howard, William Anna; Thomas |
|
Barbados |
Wilson, William |
John, Ishmael, Robin; Phibbah,Hester; Mango; Juddy |
|
Bristol |
--- |
Henrietta |
Joseph Wilding (mariner) |
Liverpool |
Young, Mary Ann |
Eve and her daughter Mary Elizabeth (Eve) |
Peter Gaskin & Nathan Litherland |
Liverpool |
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