Samuel Williams

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1825

Biography

Son of Edward Williams Antigua and Thames Ditton, who left him an estate called the Body in Antigua in 1784. James Athill registered 77 enslaved people as the atty of Samuel Williams in 1817, and Meade Home Daniell registered 71 again as atty of Samuel Williams in 1821, in both cases on an unnamed estate in Antigua, probably but not certainly the same man. Some of the enslaved people on these lists, e.g. Cumberland, shown as aged 28 in 1821, recur under registrations by Rowland Edward Williams II in 1828 for enslaved people he had inherited, shown as owned by his father Rowland Edward Williams and by Samuel Williams, and in 1832 on the 'St Clare' estate.

Samuel Williams of Eling [Hampshire], the brother of Rowland Edward Williams I (q.v.). The will of Samuel Williams of Eling was proved 12/11/1825. In the will he left his property to his nephew Samuel Henry Williams, the son of Rowland Edward Williams, and to Mary Ann Powell 'whom I have brought up from infancy and who now resides with me.' The will does not mention property in Antigua.

Sources

T71/247 pp. 40-41.

PROB 11/1706/27

Further Information

Absentee?

British/Irish

Children

d.s.p.

Associated Estates (1)

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] - 1821 [LA] → Tenant-for-life

St Clare's Estate [ Antigua ]

Tentative association only. In 1817 and 1821 Samuel Williams was registered on an unnamed estate for enslaved people in numbers consistent with those later shown for St Clare's given prevailing demographic decline across the period.