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William Grant Walcott

Profile & Legacies Summary

1771 - 25th Jan 1817

Biography

  1. Listed as owner of Glen Islay estate in Westmoreland, Jamaica, in the Almanac of 1818. Probably the partner in Walcott & Capon who was listed as owner of the same estate in the Almanac of 1816.

  2. William Millwart Walcott, son of William Grant Walcott and his wife Mary, was born 14/12/1798 and baptised 28/12/1798 in Westmoreland, Jamaica. William Millward Walcott of Westmoreland, esq., married Maria Minto of the same, spinster, by licence, 23/02/1822.

  3. William Grant Walcott esq of Glenislay plantation died in the lodging house of Fanny Myrie at Savanna-la-Mar on 25/01/1817 and was buried in the new burying ground on the following day. The burial record states he was born on the Island of Barbados.


Sources

  1. Jamaica Almanacs (1816, 1818).

  2. http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/rwai-wal.htm [accessed 11/09/2017]; Familysearch.org, Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 [database online]; Familysearch.org, Westmoreland Parish Register, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1739-1825 p 406.

  3. Familysearch.org, Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 [database online].

We are grateful to Paul Hitchings for his assistance with compiling this entry.

Further Information

Spouse
Mary Walcott
Children
Robert Cleaver; William Millwart

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] - 1817 [LA] → Owner
Glen Islay (including Grove) [ Jamaica | Westmoreland ]
1810 [EA] - 1811 [LA] → Owner
Harmony Hall [ Jamaica | Westmoreland ]