William Woodley Parson of Great Marlborough Street

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1770

Biography

Slave-owner, probably on Antigua and possibly on St Kitts also, second husband of Rachel Russell nee Yeamans (q.v.).

Will of William Woodley Parson of Great Marlborough Street proved 07/08/1770. Under the will he left his entire estate to his wife Rachael, with provision for its division among his three sisters should his wife die before him. He provided that if his 'negroes' should be sold, then William Maxwell of Carriden (q.v.) should have first refusal.

Sources

PROB 11/960/17.

Further Information

Absentee?

Transatlantic?

Spouse

Rachel Emra nee Yeamans

Relationships (2)

William Woodley Parson of Great Marlborough Street

Son → Father

Edward Parson I

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William Woodley Parson predeceased his father, who was one of the executors of his son's...

William Woodley Parson of Great Marlborough Street

Deceased Husband → Widow

Addresses (1)

Great Marlborough Street, London, Middlesex, London, England

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People of Interest

Dorothy Diana Yates (née Smellie)

???? - 29^th Aug 1873

Free person of colour, slave-owner in Jamaica. Long-term partner and later wife of Thomas Legal Yates. Living in Britain from the mid-1830s until her death in 1873.

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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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'William Woodley Parson of Great Marlborough Street', Legacies of British Slavery database, https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146644065 [accessed 4th April 2026].

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