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Son of James Williams of Bedford Square (q.v.), and heir to half of £12,000 (his sister Ann Pearson nee Williams was entailed to the other) secured on the Watermount estate and the enslaved people on it: the estate itself was left by James Williams of Bedford Square to William and Ann's brother also named James, subject to the amount secured on it for the two siblings.
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1809 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Other
The estate was registered inconsistently to William Williams alone (1809-1811) and then to William Williams and his siblings James Williams and Ann Pearson nee Williams: William Williams was entitled to a moiety of £12,000 secured on the estate under the will of his father James Williams. |
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Son → Father
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Brother → Sister
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Brothers
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Brother → Sister
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Son → Mother
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Brother → Sister
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1787 - 1861
Enslaved boy on Unity Valley Pen, Jamaica. Manumitted in 1795 by David Barclay and removed to Philadelphia, with 29 other freed persons from the estate, where he was placed under the care of Society for Improving the Condition of Free Blacks.
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.
© Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2026
CITING THIS RECORD:
'William Williams', Legacies of
British Slavery database, https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146642795
[accessed 4th April 2026].
