16th May 1775 - 9th Jun 1805
Owner of Long Pond and Midgham estates in Westmoreland, Jamaica. 1st son of Robert Dunston Woollery of Jamaica. Married Elizabeth Virgo, daughter of James Virgo of Jamaica, 31 May 1797 in Trelawny. Their son Robert Dunston Woollery baptised in Westmoreland 7 March 1800. Daughter Wilhelmina Stone Woollery baptised in Westmoreland in 1805. J.P. for Westmoreland. Died onboard ship on his way from Jamaica, 9 June 1805.
Gentleman's Magazine vol. 98 p. 881 (September 1805). Familysearch.org, Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 [database online]. Ancestry.com, Jamaica, Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1879 [database online]; R. L. Arrowsmith (comp.), Charterhouse Register 1769 -1872 (London & Chichester, Phillimore, 1974). Thanks to Catherine Smith, Charterhouse Archivist, for this reference.
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Spouse
Elizabeth Virgo
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Children
Robert Dunston (1799-), Wilhelmina Stone (1805-)
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School
Charterhouse [1786-92 ]
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Legal Education
Lincoln's Inn [Entered 1792 ]
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Occupation
Planter
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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:
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- 09/06/1805 [ED] → Owner
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- 09/06/1805 [ED] → Owner
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Son-in-law → Father-in-law
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Father → Son
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Brother → Sister
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Half-brother → Half-sister
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Son → Father
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1761 - ????
"Free quadroon woman" and mother of eleven children; independently wealthy, perhaps through legacies left her by her partners James Tierney (died 1784) and Ebenezer Robertson (died 1825).
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:
'William Stone Woollery', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146645377 [accessed 31st December 2024].
