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Simmond (Poyen) Thompson (abt. 1755 - aft. 1818)

Simmond Thompson formerly Poyen
Born about in Guadeloupemap
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
Mother of , , , and
Died after after about age 63 in Bettys Hope, St. Croix, Danish West Indiesmap
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Biography

The joint Will of Samuel and Anne Thompson, dated April 1785 mentions "Simmond a Mulatto woman with her five children named Julianne, Pierre, Anna Rosa, John Philip and Christina" as having been brought to the marriage by Anne, who had first been married to Antoinne Poyen de Lance.[1]

Though the marriage of Anne and Samuel was contracted in 1774, Simmond first appeared in the Bettys Hope Estate land tax list in 1778, with her two eldest children.[1][2]

Her first two children were most likely born in the household of Antoinne Poyen on Guadeloupe, while the rest were born in the household of Samuel Thompson on St. Croix.

  1. Julianne (1775-aft. 1799)
  2. Pierre (1776-bef. 1790)
  3. Anna Rosa (1781-aft. 1799)
  4. John Phillip (1782-aft. 1818)
  5. Christina (1784-aft. 1818)

Her two eldest daughters were both sold in 1799,[3] three years after the death of Anne Thompson. Pierre disappeared from the tax lists between 1787 and 1790.[4][5] John Phillip grew to become a tradesman, and was still at that role in 1818,[6] though he did not appear on the 1835 land tax record.[7] Christina worked as a field hand through 1818.[6]

Simmond was listed among the House Negroes when the land tax of 1793 included them separately.[8] She continued in that role until the 1818 land tax, when she was listed among the Superannuated.[6] It is likely that she died a few years later.

Slave Owners

Research Notes

  • Simmond's estimated Birth Date is based on the birth of her eldest child in 1775.
  • Her Last Name at Birth is the surname of her first known slave holder, Antoinne Poyen.

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Will: "England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858". The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 1246. Ancestry Sharing Link (free access)
    Ancestry Record 5111 #447323 (subscription required, accessed 17 June 2022). Will of Samuel Thompson Esq., granted probate on 23 May 1794. Died Abt 1794.
  2. ↑ Land Tax 1778: "Danish West Indies, Land Tax Register Forms for Plantations, 1772-1821," Rigsarkivet, Denmark; Vestindien (Danish National Archives) digital images (not indexed) Arkivalieronline for Plantagerne 1778, pages 320 and 321 of 465.
  3. ↑ Land Tax 1799: "Danish West Indies, Land Tax Register Forms for Plantations, 1772-1821," Rigsarkivet, Denmark; Vestindien (Danish National Archives) digital images (not indexed), Arkivalieronline for Plantagerne 1799, page 265 of 416.
  4. ↑ Land Tax 1787: "Danish West Indies, Land Tax Register Forms for Plantations, 1772-1821," Rigsarkivet, Denmark; Vestindien (Danish National Archives) digital images (not indexed) Arkivalieronline for Plantagerne 1787, pages 169 and 170 of 351.
  5. ↑ Land Tax 1790: "Danish West Indies, Land Tax Register Forms for Plantations, 1772-1821," Rigsarkivet, Denmark; Vestindien (Danish National Archives) digital images (not indexed), Arkivalieronline for Plantagerne 1790, images 416 and 417 of 483. "Bettys Hope"
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Land Tax 1818: "Danish West Indies, Land Tax Register Forms for Plantations, 1772-1821," Rigsarkivet, Denmark; Vestindien (Danish National Archives) digital images (not indexed) Arkivalieronline for Plantagerne 1818, pages 278, 279 and 280 of 499.
  7. ↑ Land Tax 1835: "Danish West Indies, Land Tax Register Forms for Plantations, 1772-1821," Rigsarkivet, Denmark; Vestindien (Danish National Archives) digital images (not indexed), Arkivalieronline for Plantagerne 1835, pages 158, 159, 160 and 161 of 164 NB: based on known birth dates, the list may have been made closer to 1830 than 1835.
  8. ↑ Land Tax 1793: "Danish West Indies, Records Relating to Enslaved People, 1625-1904," database with images, Rigsarkivet; Denmark; Vestindien; Reference: 8010733311, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 62005 #1592366 (accessed 3 February 2024), "Bettys Hope"




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