27th Dec 1805 - ????
Sister of William Kellett (or Kellitt) Hewitt junior (q.v.). Daughter of William Kellett Hewitt who died at Duryard, Exeter Devon in 1812 aged 55, and from Deborah Hewitt who died at Cashoo St Elizabeth in 1820. William Hewitt of the Island of Jamaica married Mary Cornish at Exeter in 1807. Two William Hewitts of the Island of Jamaica matriculated Cambridge in 1803 and 1828: John Hewitt, 'o.s.' (given as 'only son' but possibly meaning 'oldest son') of William Killett [sic] Hewitt of the Island of Jamaica matriculated Worcester College Oxford 30/11/1820 aged 24.
Inherited a share in Content Hall in St Elizabeth, Jamaica, along with her sisters Elizabeth and Mary.
Vere Langford Oliver, Caribbeana being miscellaneous papers relating to the history, genealogy, topography, and antiquities of the British West Indies (6 vols., London, Mitchell, Hughes and Clarke, 1910-1919), Vol. 4 p. 40 for the inscription relating to William Kellett Hewitt of Cashoo; Vere Langford Oliver, Caribbeana being miscellaneous papers relating to the history, genealogy, topography, and antiquities of the British West Indies (6 vols., London, Mitchell, Hughes and Clarke, 1910-1919) Vol 3 p. 91 for a daughter (1799-1807) of Deborah Hewitt and William Kellitt of St Elizabeth, Jamaica. See ibid. p. 91 for the reference to John Hewitt, Ancestry.com, Oxford University Alumni, 1500-1886 [database online]. Ancestry.com, Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900 [database online] for the two William Hewitts (which posits that the two men were father and son, without any supporting evidence).
Familysearch.org, Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 [database online].
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1781 - 1830
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family who had numerous mercantile connections in the West Indies. The compensation for Baillie's Bacolet in Grenada was awarded to the trustees of her marriage settlement. Grand-daughter of Colin Roy Campbell of Glenmure. Apparently a victim of the quack doctor John St John Lang of Harley Street in 1830.
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:
'Ruby Williams Hewitt', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146640207 [accessed 22nd December 2024].
