???? - 29th Aug 1836
We are grateful to Peter Selley for his assistance with this entry.
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Absentee?
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Spouse
Rosetta
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Will
PROB 11/1889/261 - precis. William Hughes of the parish of St Andrew in Jamaica, planter, about embarking for England. All my real and personal estate to my beloved wife Rosetta for her natural life provided she manumises my reputed son William, a slave, son of Mary Wiltshire, also a slave of my own, and remits to each of my sisters Sarah and Elizabeth the sum of £50 sterling per annum. On the demise of my wife, the whole of my estate real and personal to my sisters Sarah and Elizabeth. My wife and sisters to be my executors. Signed at Kingston 07/07/1820. Sworn in Jamaica 20/11/1837. Proved in London 24/01/1838 by Elizabeth Millward (wife of William Millward), the sister, the surviving executor. |
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£2,372 5s 7d
Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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1809 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
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1801 - 25th Nov 1880
English clergyman, resident in Jamaica from 1827 but returning to England with his Jamaican-born wife and children six years later.
Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.
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CITING THIS RECORD:
'William Hughes', Legacies of British Slavery database, [accessed 21st September 2024].
