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Of Milford House, Hampshire. Owner of Catherine Mount in St James, Jamaica. His brother-in-law Thomas Edward Symonds, of Southampton (Hampshire), claimed the compensation for enslaved people on Catherine Mount as executor and devisee in trust, but the award was made to Boddington and Davis as mortgagees.
William Reynolds married Sophia Symonds in Pennington, Hampshire, 15/10/1810.
The will of William Reynolds, planter of St James in the County of Cornwall, Island of Jamaica, was signed in 1828 and proved 26/04/1834. He named his executors as Captain Thomas Symonds of the Merchant Navy [identified in the probate as Thomas Edward Symonds] and Mrs Mary Ann Theresa Whitby as his executors and left his estate to be shared between his [unnamed] children as tenants-in-common.
T71/873 St James 56 (Catherine Mount).
Familysearch.org batch no. I03898-9.
PROB 11/1830/314.
We are grateful to Barry Jolly for his assistance with compiling this entry.
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Absentee?
Transatlantic?
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Spouse
Sophia Symonds
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£2,299 11s 7d
Beneficiary unsuccessful
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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:
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1832 [EA] - → Attorney
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1817 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Owner
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1839 [EA] - → Previous owner
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1832 [EA] - → Attorney
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Brother-in-laws
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Son → Father
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Grandson → Grandfather
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Milford House, Milford on Sea, Southampton (near), Hampshire, Wessex, England
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1805 - 22nd Apr 1887
Born into slavery in Carriacou, Grenada, Malvina Wells became a lady's maid in Edinburgh and a trusted family friend to her employers.
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:
'William Reynolds', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146635781 [accessed 22nd December 2024].
