Cam Gyde Heaven

Profile & Legacies Summary

1796 - 1865

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Bristol lawyer, counterclaimed unsuccessfully on Union Island, St Vincent, brother of William Hudson Heaven (q.v.).

Will of Cam Gyde Heaven attorney-at-law who died 04/09/1865 at Portishead Somerset proved at Bristol 29/09/1865 effects under £4000. He was aged 54 at the 1851 census, when he was living at 7 Great George Street St Augustine the Less Bristol with wife Ann aged 51 born Newfoundland and three children.

Sources

National Probate Calendar 1865

Further Information

Absentee?

British/Irish

Spouse

Ann Knight

Children

John Gyde Heaven

Occupation

Lawyer

Associated Claims (1)

Relationships (1)

Cam Gyde Heaven

Brothers

William Hudson Heaven

Addresses (2)

Portishead, Somerset, South-west England, England

Details

Great George Street, Bristol, Gloucestershire, South-west England, England

Details

Further Information

People of Interest

Judith Philip

???? - 1848

Successful planter in British Guiana and Grenada; part of a close-knit mixed-race family with numerous business interests.

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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:
'Cam Gyde Heaven', Legacies of British Slavery database, https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146630853 [accessed 4th April 2026].

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