UCL

Rev. William Woodward

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1786

Biography

Anglican clergyman and annuitant of estates and enslaved people in Jamaica.

  1. Will of William Woodward clerk of Uckfied proved 24/05/1786. In the will he left to his daughter Sarah an annuity of £100 p.a. payable out of an estate in Jamaica and secured by grant for the lives of his daughter Sarah and his brother John Woodward and for the longer-lived of them. The estate was almost certainly Richmond: a group of annuitants of William Gray on Richmond (including Rev. William Woodward of Uckfield) reached agreement with Emanuel Baruch Lousada and Jacob Israel Bernal 13/10/1784 for the payment of their annuities to which the two estates [Old and New Works] were subject on their purchase by Lousada and Bernal.

Sources

  1. PROB 11/1143/42; Caribbeana Vol. III pp. 156-7.

Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish
Spouse
Married but no further details
Children
Sarah
Occupation
Clergyman

Associated Estates (1)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1784 [EA] - 1786 [EY] → Annuitant
Richmond Estate (Old and New Works) [ Jamaica | St Ann ]

A group of annuitants on Richmond (including Rev. William Woodward of Uckfield) who had originally contracted with William Gray were listed in a new agreement with Emanuel Baruch Lousada and Jacob Israel Bernal 13/10/1784 for the payment of their annuities to which the two estates [Old and New Works] were subject on their purchase by Lousada and Bernal [Caribbeana Vol. III pp. 156-7].

Addresses (1)

Uckfield, Sussex, South-east England, England
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