William Forsyth Henderson

Eldest son and residuary devisee of William Henderson of Newhall and Annotto River (q.v.).

1. William Forsyth Henderson, son of William Henderson Esquire of Newhall and his wife Mrs Jane Reid was born 07/05/1807 and baptised 15/05/1807 in Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland. William Henderson, son of William Henderson of Jamaica, attended Kings College Aberdeen, 1820-1824; LCRS Edinburgh 1826; settled in Jamaica. Jean Reid, widow of William Henderson of Annotto River Plantation, died in St George, Jamaica, 27/05/1829.

2. The inventory of Mrs Jane Reid otherwise Henderson, relict of William Henderson of Annotto River, who died 29/05/1829, was registered in Edinburgh in 1854 by her eldest son Dr William Forsyth Henderson, physician of Jamaica, among others. Effects in Scotland £48. She was the daughter of John Reid, merchant of Aberdeen.

1. GROS OPR Births 258/ 30 153 Fetteresso; David Dobson, Scots in the West Indies, 1707-1857 (Baltimore, Maryland, 2006) vol. 2 pp. 68, 118.

2. GROS SC70/1/85, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories.