| Judith DuBose | |
| Birth Date: | 1698 |
| Birth Place: | Dockon Plantation Province of South Carolina British Empire |
| Death Date: | 16 December 1769 |
| Death Place: | Charles Town, Province of South Carolina |
| Resting Place: | St. Philip's Episcopal Church Cemetery |
| Parents: | Jacques DuBose Marie DeGuè |
| Spouse: | Joseph Wragg |
| Children: | Elizabeth Wragg Manigault |
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.
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.