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Dido Elizabeth Belle Lindsay

Female Abt 1763 - 1804  (~ 41 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors and 3 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Dido Elizabeth Belle Lindsay 
    Birth Abt 1763 
    Gender Female 
    Burial Jul 1804  St. George, Washington, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I592554  Geneagraphie
    Last Modified 24 Feb 2008 

    Father Admiral John Lindsay,   b. 1737   d. 7 Jun 1788 (Age 51 years) 
    Mother NN   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F256540  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John Davinier   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage 5 Dec 1793  St.George Hanover parish Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Charles Davinier,   b. 1795   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. John Davinier,   b. 1795   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Edward William Davinier,   b. 1800   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F256541  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 24 Feb 2008 

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    • she too was regarded a slave. What happened to her mother is unknown and, as her father was at sea with the Navy, she was sent to live with her father's uncle, Lord Mansfield.

      The Mansfields were also raising another great-niece, Dido's cousin, Lady Elizabeth Mary Murray (ca.1760-1825), whom they had adopted after her mother had died in 1766. It appears that Dido was taken to Kenwood to play the role of playmate or attendant to her cousin. Whatever the reason, she lived a comfortable and privileged life at Kenwood, though she was not treated as a full member of the family, being still formally a slave.

      Dido lived between the family and the servants, not really fitting in with either group. She does not appear to have taken meals with the family, at least when they were entertaining; a visitor to Kenwood subsequently wrote that Dido would not usually dine with the family and their guests in the evening, but would join the ladies for after-dinner coffee.

      After she had grown up she ran the dairy and poultry yards at Kenwood. The household account books show she had an annual allowance of 30 pounds 10 shillings. Her cousin Lady Elizabeth received around 100 pounds a year. In 1785 Lady Elizabeth left to marry George Finch-Hatton and Dido stayed on to look after her great aund and uncle.

      Dido's father died in 1788 and in his will left her a thousand pounds and a request to his wife Mary (whom he had married in 1768) to take care of his daughter. However, Mary Lindsay's will, proved some years later, makes no mention of her. In contrast, when Dido's great uncle, Lord Mansfield, died in 1793 he left her a further five hundred pounds plus 100 pounds per year for life. He also took care to grant her her freedom.

      On 5 December 1793 in St. George Hanover parish, she married John Davinier. The marriage was by license rather than by banns. Both parties signed the parish register. In 1795 they had twin sons, Charles and John, baptised there and in 1800 another son Edward William.

      Dido was buried in July 1804 in the St. George Hanover Square overspill burial ground on Bayswater Road. (With thanks to Sarah Minney)



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