Deborah Hewitt (née Dunkley)

???? - 1820


Biography

Wife of William Kellitt Hewitt senior. Mother of 12 children (the eldest baptised in Clarendon in 1784, the other 11 baptised in St Elizabeth between 1786 and 1808). See entry for William Kellitt Hewitt junior for more on this family.


Sources

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


Further Information

Absentee?
Transatlantic?
Maiden Name
Dunkley
Spouse
William Kellit Hewitt senior
Children
Thomas Dunkley (1784-), William (1785-), Helen Fotherinham (1788-), Deborah Dunkley (1790-), Elizabeth (1792-), James (1793-), Mary Kellitt (1795-), John (1796-), Susanna Fotheringham (1797-), Ann (1799-), Thomasina (1801-), Ruby Williams (1805-)

Associated Estates (6)

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] - 1820 [LA] → Owner
1823 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Previous owner
1823 [EA] - → Previous owner
1817 [EA] - 1820 [EY] → Tenant-for-life
1817 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Owner
1823 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Previous owner

Relationships (6)

Wife → Husband
Other relatives
Notes →
Either mother and son or more likely grandmother and...
Mother → Daughter
Mother → Daughter
Mother → Daughter
Other relatives
Notes →
Either mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, although more likely Deborah Hewitt was the grandmother of Sophia Scarlett's husband William Kellett Hewitt...