Elizabeth Williams Hanson

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1838

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Resident slave-owner in Jamaica, widow of John Hanson.

Will of Elizabeth Williams Hanson widow of St Catherine [made in 1837 and attested in 1838] proved 11/01/1839. After leaving personal effect she left her residuary estate to her three daughters Sarah Ann Hanson, Jane Curtis Hanson and Susannah Joyce Hanson.

Sources

PROB 11/1905/243.

Further Information

Spouse

John Hanson the younger

Associated Claims (2)

Jamaica St Catherine 596 (Hanson's Pen [probably aka Salt Pond Pen])

£2,062 16s 11d

Unsuccessful claimant (Annuitant)

Relationships (2)

Elizabeth Williams Hanson

Daughter-in-law → Father-in-law

John Hanson senior

Notes→

Inferred...

Elizabeth Williams Hanson

Widow → Deceased Husband

John Hanson junior

Further Information

People of Interest

Elizabeth Metcalfe

1785 - 4^th Jan 1846

Yorkshire-born wife of the Acting Governor of Dominica in the 1800s.

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Documents of Interest

Windsor and Williamsfield Inventory of Slaves 1814 p8

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:
'Elizabeth Williams Hanson', Legacies of British Slavery database, https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/12573 [accessed 5th April 2026].

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