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William James Stevenson

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1831

Biography

Resident slave-owner in Jamaica, either selling or losing control of the Beverley Settlement in Hanover c. 1823. William James Stevenson's son William, later Sir William Stevenson (1805-1863) was a colonial administrator and Governor of Mauritius 1857-1863.

  1. Will of William James Stevenson of Kingston Jamaica [made in 1823] proved 08/07/1831. In the will he said that he had made a little provision for his children by 'a gift of a few negroes' and by investing occasionally small sums in the 3% consols., and that he had made no provision for his wife nor had the means to do so, but left her all his [unspecified] property. By a codicil in 1827 he replaced the dead William Allen as executor with his son William Stevenson and with William Mitchell of 46 Lime Street. The will was attested in Jamaica in 1831.

Sources

  1. PROB 11/1788/171

Further Information

Spouse
Mary Lawrence James
Children
William

Associated Estates (7)

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] - 1829 [LA] → Receiver
Belvidere [1] [ Jamaica | Hanover ]
1809 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Owner
Beverley Settlement [ Jamaica | Hanover ]
1810 [EA] - 1821 [LA] → Owner
Midhurst [ Jamaica | Westmoreland ]
1823 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Attorney
Unknown [ Jamaica | St Catherine ]
1820 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Attorney
Unknown [ Jamaica | St Mary ]
1817 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Joint owner
urban (Kingston) [ Jamaica | Kingston ]
1832 [EA] - → Previous owner
urban (Kingston) [ Jamaica | Kingston ]

Relationships (1)

William James Stevenson
Deceased Husband → Widow
Mary Lawrence Stevenson (née James)
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