Sarah Ward Applewhaite

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1817

Biography

Will of Sarah Ward Applewhaite widow [formerly] of St Michael Barbados [but late of York Street Portman Square] proved 20/01/1819. She left her property to her daughter Mary Elizabeth Bovell, failing whom to her niece Keturah Shepherd Davidson wife of Alexander Gray Davidson of Brompton and a group of seven relations.

Sources

PROB 11/1612/268.

Further Information

Absentee?

Transatlantic

Spouse

Thomas Applewhaite jun.

Children

Mary Elizabeth

Relationships (2)

Sarah Ward Applewhaite

Daughter-in-law → Father-in-law

Thomas Applewhaite senior

Sarah Ward Applewhaite

Widow → Deceased Husband

Thomas Applewhaite junior

Addresses (1)

York Street, London, Middlesex, London, England

Details

Further Information

People of Interest

John Stewart

1789 - 14^th Mar 1860

Possibly the first 'ethnic minority' MP to be elected (in 1832) to the House of Commons.

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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:
'Sarah Ward Applewhaite', Legacies of British Slavery database, https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146654643 [accessed 4th April 2026].

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