Sir William Beeston

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Biography

Governor of Jamaica.

Will of Sir William Beeston of Island of Jamaica proved 17/11/1702. He left his daughter Jane Modyford, wife of Sir Thomas Modyford, £3000 which he had ordered to be paid in England to settle the mortgage on the Angell estate (which belonged to her husband). The rest of his property Beeston left to his wife Ann Hopegood Beeston.

Sources

PROB 11/467/103.

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Absentee?

Transatlantic

Spouse

Ann Hopegood

Relationships (3)

Sir William Beeston

Father-in-law → Son-in-law

Sir Thomas Modyford

Sir William Beeston

Father-in-law → Son-in-law

Notes→

Charles Long married Jane Modyford nee Beeston, the daughter of Sir William Beeston....

Sir William Beeston

Deceased Husband → Widow

Ann Hopegood Orby previously Beeston

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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:
'Sir William Beeston', Legacies of British Slavery database, https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146667141 [accessed 4th April 2026].

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