An enslaved woman in the household of Victoire Le Sassier, widow of Lt. Col. Jose Noriega.
Born around 1805. Race is recorded as mulata.
Appears in the Bill of Complaint for Divorce between Madame Victoire and her second husband, Don Pedro de Alba, Sr. She was listed among the property Mme. Le Sassier owned before her marriage to de Alba in 1813. Isabel was described as being 8 years old at that time.
She appears in the 1833 will of Victoire Le Sassier, along with her two daughters, Virginie Victoire and Elodie. Mme. Le Sassier had freed the daughters, but Isabel was bequeathed to Emilie Christin Hubbell, Mme. Le Sassier’s niece.
FAMILY:
Children: Virginie Victoire Noriega* and Elodie Noriega*
SOURCES:
Victoire Le Sassier v. Pedro de Alba, Florida State Supreme Court, 11 November 1831. In custody of Special Collections, John C. Pace Library, University of West Florida, Coker Film 102-2. [Transcription by Deborah Beagle Baldock, www.wfgs.org, 1 February 2021.]
Will of Victoire LeSassier, 10? APR 1833. Ancestry.com. Florida, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1827-1950 [accessed 27 FEB 2021]