UCL

Walter Shoy

Profile & Legacies Summary

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Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Awardee for 16 enslaved people in Montserrat. Possibly also the Walter Shoy whose wife Emma counterclaimed unsuccessfully for compensation for Streatham Estate in Montserrat.

  1. A genealogical site, sourced to the archives at Christiansted, show a Shoy family of the Virgin Islands (St Croix and St John) with children of Edmond (d. by 02/10/1764) and MaryAnn Shoy including Michael (d. 1780 in Christiansted) and Walter. Given the continuity of naming practices and rarity of the surname, the Michael and Walter Shoy in the compensation records are almost certainly descendants of this family.

Sources

T71/888 Montserrat claim nos. 3 (Streatham Estate) and 241.

  1. 'Virgin Island Familes: Shoy.' Contributors: Svend E Holsoe, David W Knight. http://www.vifamilies.org/images/Shoy.doc accessed 19/11/2013.

Associated Claims (1)

Montserrat 241
£250 16s 3d
Awardee
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Associated Estates (2)

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
1817 [EA] - 1824 [LA] → Joint owner
Streatham Estate [ Montserrat ]

A minor in 1817 and 1821

1817 [EA] - 1831 [LA] → Owner
Unknown, possibly Streatham [ Montserrat ]

Relationships (1)

Walter Shoy
Husband → Wife
Emma Shoy
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