Amelia Bourryau

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1776

Biography

Daughter of Zachariah Bourryau (q.v.), from whom she inherited £4000.

Will of Amelia Bourryon [sic] or Bourryan [sic] spinster of Hotwells Bristol proved 09/10/1776. She left £3000 to her cousin Margaret Shaw, the daughter of her uncle Peter Shaw, £1000 to each of his second and third daughters {both unnamed], and £1000 to her niece Hariot Luard. Her residuary legatee was her uncle Peter Shaw.

Sources

PROB 11/1024/60.

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Absentee?

British/Irish

Relationships (4)

Amelia Bourryau

Daughter → Father

Zachariah Bourryau

Amelia Bourryau

Sister → Brother

John Bourryau of Grenada

Amelia Bourryau

Sisters

Susannah Bourryau

Amelia Bourryau

Sisters

Mary Ramsay Karr (née Bourryau)

Addresses (1)

Hotwells, Bristol, Gloucestershire, South-west England, England

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People of Interest

George Pinnock

1801 - 25^th Nov 1880

English clergyman, resident in Jamaica from 1827 but returning to England with his Jamaican-born wife and children six years later.

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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:
'Amelia Bourryau', Legacies of British Slavery database, https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146665301 [accessed 4th April 2026].

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