William Alleyne Culpeper I

1760 - 1810


Biography

Listed in Levy Book for St Joseph, 1793, as owning 55 enslaved.

The Culpeper family was established in Barbados by the late C17th. Dr William Culpeper (c.1689-) and Rebecca Malloney (c.1692- ) were the parents of Francis Culpeper (born after 1715-died after 1776) who married Mercy Pike (also of Barbados) at St Joseph, 11 July 1754. Their children were William Alleyne Culpeper (born before 18 May 1760-?), Mercy Alleyne Culpeper (born before 29 January 1764-?) and Francis Culpeper (born before 20 April 1766- 1769).

Appears to be the husband of Mary Webb and father of William Alleyne Culpeper (1792-1870) (q.v.). The children were:
Francis (17 Oct 1781 - ), Mercy Pike (c. 1783 - ), Mary Elizabeth (Dec 1787 - ), William Alleyne (Dec 1789 - before 13 May 1792), William Alleyne (13 May 1792 - 21 Jan 1870), Nathaniel Thomas (12 Nov 1793 - 1794), Nathaniel Henry (5 Jun 1798 - before 31 Dec 1798), Henrietta Quintyne (before 18 Apr 1801 - 15 Dec 1857).

Year of death based on the Inventory of the Easy Hall estate (q.v.), dated 15 October 1810.


Sources

Levy Book for St Joseph, 1793. Barbados Department of Archives, RB9/3/7; Culpeper family tree: 1; Culpeper family tree: 2


Further Information

Spouse
Mary Webb
Children
3 daughters, 5 sons

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
- 1810 [LA] → Owner

Relationships (3)

Father → Son
Father → Son
Father → Daughter