Henry Harrison Britton (1825 - aft. 1874)

Born 1825 in Kentucky, United States

Husband of Laura (Trigg) Britton — married 19 Oct 1854 in Fayette County, Kentucky, United States

Descendants

Died after 17 Mar 1874 after age 49 in Berea, Madison, Kentucky, United States

Biography

Henry Britton is a part of US Black heritage.

Henry was freeborn in 1825 in Kentucky. He was of Spanish and Indian descent. He was the father of Mary Ellen Britton, an American physician, educator, suffragist, journalist and civil rights activist.^[1]

Henry married a woman named Laura Trigg on 19 Oct 1854 in Fayette, Kentucky.^[2] "Laura Trigg was a gifted singer and musician who had been well-educated under the protection of her mother who was an enslaved mistress to Kentucky statesman Thomas F. Marshall. Laura had been emancipated at the age of sixteen." ^[3]

The couple was mentioned on the birth record of their daughter, Mary Ellen.^[4]

On Mary's death certificate, Laura's surname was Marshall.^[5] More documentation is needed.

In 1860, the couple and their children were living in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky.^[6] The household included:

• Henry Briton Male 35 Ky
• Laura Briton Female 31 Ky
• Susan Briton Female 10 Ky
• Julia Briton Female 8 Ky
• Mary Briton Female 6 Ky
• Robert Briton Male 2 Ky
• Martha Briton Female Ky
• Joseph Briton Male 3 Ky
• Susan Cotton Female 16 Ky

By 1870, the family had moved to Glade, Madison County, Kentucky. Mary's father was a barber.^[7] The household included:

• Henry Brittain Male 45 Kentucky
• Laura Brittain Female 41 Kentucky
• Susan Brittain Female 20 Kentucky
• Julia Brittain Female 18 Kentucky
• Mary Brittain Female 15 Kentucky
• Robert Brittain Male 13 Kentucky
• William Brittain Male 3 Kentucky
• Hallie Brittain Female 1 Kentucky

In his compilation, published 1897, W D Johnson includes a biographical sketch of daughter, Mary E Britton, which states that her father Henry died suddenly on 17 March 1874, and that her mother Laura died 9 July of that same year. ^[8]

Henry was born in 1825.

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia article on Mary Ellen Britton (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_E._Britton)
2. ↑ "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1D-2918 : 29 November 2018), Henry H Brittan and Laura Trigg, 19 Oct 1854; citing Marriage, Fayette, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 9,006.
3. ↑ Wikipedia article on Mary Ellen Britton (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_E._Britton)
4. ↑ "Kentucky Births and Christenings, 1839-1960", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWKX-XJ6 : 14 January 2020), Henry Britton in entry for Mary Britton, 1855.
5. ↑ "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N96P-DQR : 3 January 2019), Laura Marshall in entry for Mary E. Britton, 1925; citing Death, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States, certificate , Office of Vital Statistics, Frankfort; FHL microfilm 1,912,895.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZBN-2LG : 19 March 2020), Henry Briton, 1860.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXWK-B3J : 18 March 2020), Henry Brittain, 1870.
8. ↑ *Johnson, W D. Biographical Sketches of Prominent Negro Men and Women of Kentucky. 1897. pp. 18-19. https://archive.org/details/biographicalsket00john/page/18/mode/2up

• "United States Civil War and Later Pension Index, 1861-1917", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NHW8-QWR : 24 March 2016), Henry Britton, 1890.
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZBN-2LG : 18 February 2021), Henry Briton, 1860.