Virtual St. George's

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  39 York St./Hayward Assessments, 1821–1830

  1821–30 assessments: The B.S. Hayward estate value went from 1400 pounds in 1821 to 1000 pounds in 1830. The family owned a stable on “Miss Wright’s Lot,” but it was disposed of after 1821 (likely as the cemetery got underway). Much property and many slaves were sold after 1826; Mrs. Hayward had to support the family after Benjamin’s death. The family still had at least two slaves in 1830.
• Slaves at 39 York St., 1821

  B.S. Hayward owned four slaves: Sampson (black, mariner), Tom (black, mariner), Bessey (coloured), and Beck (female, black).
• Benjamin S. Hawyard's 1811 Inventory (39 York St.)

  In 1811, B.S. Hayward owned a house and store, stable, furniture, horse, solo gig, and four or five slaves.
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  Benjamin S. Hayward Property Values in the Early 1800s (39 York St.)

  STG Tax List Compilation: Assessments for the B.S. Hayward Estate, including when it absorbed 39 York for a second time: 1803: 720, 1805: 770, 1807: 750.1808 assessment: Benj. S. Hayward had an estate worth 760 pounds and paid tax of 1.5.4 (ANG/SG/PM1, 1808 assessment). Also: An assessment for Benj. Hayward / L.B. Irland [best guess]: 2180 pounds, with tax of 3.12.6 (ANG/SG/PM1, 1808 assessment). Note: 28 Jan. 1809: “Benjamin S. Hayward of St. George’s married Miss Jane Bassett of Somerset on Jan. 21” (Bermuda Index 1: 580). STG Tax List Compilation for B.S. Hayward, cont.:1809: 945, 1810: 1270, 1811: 1235, 1808–11: B.S. Hayward’s house increased in worth from 500 to 800 pounds between these years. It appears that he went from owning 4 to 8 slaves (some dead; some newly acquired) in these years (ANG/SG/PAS 3: 1808–11). STG Tax List Compilation for B.S. Hayward, cont.:1812: 1230, 1813: 1265, 1814: 3850.
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  Benjamin S. Hayward Buys Back 39 York St.

  The Fishers sold the house back to Benjamin Hayward for £740. John Zuill was still the western neighbor.
• B.S. & Aletta Hayward Buy 39 York St.

  Sometime between 1799 and Sept. 1804, B.S. & Aletta Hayward bought the house at 39 York Street. 1800 property assessment: A Benjamin Hayward owned 14 slaves, plus 18 acres of land worth 800 pounds and a lot in town.
• The Fishers at 39 York St.

  Property assessments for John & Mary Fisher while they owned 39 York St.: 1805: 3021. 1807: 2941
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  The Haywards Sell 39 York St.

  Benjamin Sawyer & Aletta Hayward, STG, gent., sell house to John & Mary Fisher, merchant for £650. North: “Burying ground” (but Widow Wright hadn’t sold her house yet — another part of the church grounds?). West: House and lot of John Zuill. East, South: Streets.
• 39 York St. Owned by a Henry Tucker

  Which Henry Tucker? Several men by that name lived in St. George's circa 1800. Further research is needed on this topic.
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  39 York Street and the American Revolution

  Captain Joell’s spy map of Bermuda identifies 39 York Street as a house friendly to the United States of America.
• Another John Briggs at 39 York St.

  When Elizabeth Stowe sold 20 Prince/Clarence Street to Widow Ann Wright, a John Briggs still lived to the south, at 39 York Street.
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  Miriam Briggs's Death and Will (39 York St.)

  The widow Miriam (“Meriam”) Briggs’s will (drawn up on 17 Nov. 1718) was proven. Children: James Briggs, Judith Briggs, John II Briggs, Elizabeth Briggs; cousin: Mary Minors, with daughters Hannah and Elizabeth Minors. Her grandsons James Briggs and Robert Burchall were the executors. She left land, the “Little Garden,” and one Indian female slave to grandson James. She left another female Indian slave to “Sister Judith Briggs or her Lawful Heir.” Miriam ordered her Indian slave Joan to be sold in order to pay for the funeral.
• 39 York St. Regranted to John Briggs II

  REGRANTED to John Briggs, mariner [N:57', S:42' Parade, E:86':W:86']. Joseph Outerbridge owned the lot to the west at this time. Jonathan Burchall lived to the north. The street to the east was said to run from the house of Andrew Auchinleck, Clerk, to the home of Robert Burton.
• John Briggs II at 39 York St.

  House in poss. of John Briggs II (CV4: 340).STG Tax List Compilation: The mariner John Briggs II, who lived at 39 York St., was the son of John I and Miriam. Note: BAH: STG, 66, mentions a John Briggs who owned the eastern Samaritan’s Cottage on York St. until 1676, but the years don’t quite align for the Briggs family at 39 York.
• Will Proven for Zachariah Briggs (39 York St.)

  Zachariah Briggs’s will was proven. His widow was Charity, who served as his executor, and his sister was Hannah Croskeys. He gave his wife an Indian man slave, Andrew, and an Indian slave woman named Jenny, who was Andrew’s wife; they had a daughter, Nanny. Briggs also gave Charity a Negro slave woman, Susan [best guess], and her daughter, Mary or Mall, plus a Negro man named Jack, a Negro man named Burzus [best guess] and his son James/Jonny — and possibly more slaves, as well. Humphrey Burchall was a witness. Estate inventory.
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  Younger James Briggs Receives Bequest (39 York St.)

  “P. of Atty from James Briggs to mother Miriam Briggs to get a bequest given to him by grandmother Eleanor Briggs, dec’d, from his uncle Zachariah Briggs. 26 Aug. 1702” [for 39 York St.]. EXPLANATION: Grandmother Ellen's full name was Eleanor Briggs. James and John Jr. were the sons of the mariner/out-of-wedlock-fathering John Briggs. The younger John’s son, also called James, is the person concerned here. James received a sizable inheritance from grandmother Miriam when she died. BAH: STG, 36: Again, Miriam Briggs owned several lots along Clarence Street, one of which became the site of the future YMCA (corner of York and Clarence) in 1862.
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  39 York St. Granted to Zachariah Briggs

  (New?) House already standing when granted to Zachariah Briggs, pilot, [N&S:50', E&W: 94', front on Parade]. Henry Burchall lived to the north at this time. Leonard White’s house was to the west.
• Will Proven for John Briggs (39 York St.)

  Accounts diverge slightly about Briggs's death. W2,2: 107: “D. int. 1694; wife: Miriam; children: John, James; son of James I & Ellen." Hallett Early Bermuda Wills, 59: John Briggs, a mariner, had his will proven on 28 Aug. 1694. He made his widow Miriam the administrator of his estate. (Hallett cites the will code: W2,2: 107.)
• John Briggs Owns 39 York St.

  House of John Briggs. BCR8: 318 incorrectly gives his name as "Jonah Briggs."
• Will Proven for James Briggs (Owner, 39 York St.)

  WILL of James Briggs, grants life tenure in his house to his wife Ellen (full name actually Eleanor), and then to sons Nathaniel and Zachariah, on the condition that they look after her in her old age; if they do not, it is up to Ellen who gets the house (pr. 29 April 1696).
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  Built Environment of York St., WWII Era

  The 1943 sewer map is strange because, while the Sunday School is pictured, and 39 York Street appears with another building to its west, the old house at 37 York, set back from the road, does not appear. When was 37 York St. demolished?
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  Built Environment of York St. in the Great Depression

  The 1930 B map does not show 37 York Street or 22 Clarence Street, but does show the Sunday School and a shaded-in structure at 39 York Street.
• Percy Tucker Owns 37 York St.

  Percy Tucker now owned the property. It is unclear when he gained ownership.
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  Unclear Map of York St.

  Savage’s map of St. George’s makes 37 York Street and the Old and New Buildings that once belonged to Jane Hayward appear connected.
• Death of Bernard Tucker (Owner, 37 York St.)

  It is unclear precisely when Bernard Tucker gained ownership of 37 York St. He died in 1892.