Judith DuBose
Judith DuBose (1698 - 16 December 1769) was a Colonial American heiress. Born into a prominent French Huguenot family of planters, DuBose married Joseph Wragg, a prominent slave trader in British North America.
Judith DuBose | |
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1719 Portrait of DuBose by Henrietta Johnston | |
| Born | 1698 |
| Died | 16 December 1769 Charles Town, Province of South Carolina |
| Resting place | St. Philip's Episcopal Church Cemetery |
| Spouse | Joseph Wragg |
| Children | Elizabeth Wragg Manigault |
| Parent(s) | Jacques DuBose Marie DeGuè |
Biography edit
DuBose was born at Dockon, her family's plantation near Charles Town.[1][2] She was the daughter of Marie DeGuè and Jacques DuBose, a French Huguenot immigrant and wealthy planter.[1][3] After her father died, her mother remarried John Thomas.[4] She was named as one of her stepfather's heirs, along with her sisters, at the time of his death.[5]
She married Joseph Wragg, a British slave trader.[6][7] One of their daughters, Elizabeth, married Peter Manigault, who was the wealthiest man in British North America. Another daughter, Mary, married the slave trader and merchant Benjamin Smith. A third daughter, Henrietta, married her first cousin, William Wragg.[8]
She was painted by the portraitist Henrietta Johnston in 1719.[9] The painting is on display at the Gibbes Museum of Art.[9]
DuBose died in 1769 and is buried in the cemetery at St. Philip's Episcopal Church.
References edit
- ^ a b Harriette Kershaw Leiding, Historic Houses of South Carolina, p. 54
- ^ III, Roy Williams; Lofton, Alexander Lucas (March 26, 2018). Rice to Ruin: The Jonathan Lucas Family in South Carolina, 1783-1929. Univ of South Carolina Press. ISBN 9781611178357 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Judith DuBose Abt 1698 Charles Towne, Carolina, British America Mar 1751 Charles Towne, South Carolina, British America: DuBose Forum". dubose.one-name.net.
- ^ "Dockon Plantation - Berkeley County, South Carolina SC". south-carolina-plantations.com.
- ^ "The South Carolina Historical Magazine". South Carolina Historical Society. July 10, 1912 – via Google Books.
- ^ Hain, Pamela Chase (July 10, 2005). A Confederate Chronicle: The Life of a Civil War Survivor. University of Missouri Press. ISBN 9780826264947 – via Google Books.
- ^ Snodgrass, Mary Ellen (November 10, 2017). American Colonial Women and Their Art: A Chronological Encyclopedia. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781442270978 – via Google Books.
- ^ Whitaker, Daniel Kimball; Clapp, Milton; Simms, William Gilmore; Thornwell, James Henley (July 10, 1843). "Southern Quarterly Review". Wiley & Putnam – via Google Books.
- ^ a b "Judith DuBose Wragg". npg.si.edu.