UCL

William White of Woodstock

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1804

Biography

  1. Will of William White planter of [Woodstock] St Ann Jamaica proved 10/10/1804. Under the will he freed a number of enslaved people - Britain, Molly and her son, Robert, Nanny and Molly, and left Britain an annuity of £10 p.a. and the others plus the enslaved woman named Mary £10 each. He ordered the proceeds from the rest of his property be divided among his [unnamed] nieces and nephews.

  2. Tentatively identified as William White senior who owned 41 enslaved people and 277 stock in St Ann in 1792.


Sources

  1. PROB 11/1416/204.

  2. 'A List of slaves and stock in the parish of St Ann taken the 28th March 1792 pursuant to order of the Honourable House of Assembly... transcribed from papers presented to the British Museum by Charles E. Long ref. Add. 12435' transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/mstann1792.htm.

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
1792 [EA] - 1804 [EY] → Owner
Woodstock [ Jamaica | St Ann ]

Tentative assocation in 1792.