Alexander Sympson

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1798

Biography

Returnee from Jamaica, dying at the Fleet Prison. His wife Cassandra became the partner of Augustus Robert Hankey (q.v.).

Under the will of Alexander Sympson [heretofore of Jamaica] of St Bride Fleet Street proved 10/05/1798, he said that there were doubts about the construction of the will of his father Archibald Sympson of Jamaica, and that he left all the real property to which he might be entitled to his dear wife Cassandra Sympson.

Sources

PROB 11/1307/81.

Further Information

Absentee?

Transatlantic

Spouse

Cassandra

Relationships (2)

Alexander Sympson

Other relatives

Augustus Robert Hankey

Notes→

Augustus Robert Hankey's partner Cassandra Sympson was the widow of Alexander Sympson....

Alexander Sympson

Son → Father

Archibald Sympson

Addresses (1)

St Bride, Fleet Street, City of London, Middlesex, London, England

Details

Further Information

People of Interest

Phillip Thompson

1805 - ????

Enslaved man brought to England as a domestic servant; his former owner was indicted for the mistreatment of Thompson in 1824.

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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:
'Alexander Sympson', Legacies of British Slavery database, https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146652667 [accessed 4th April 2026].

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