William Myers

Profile & Legacies Summary

1792 - 1834

Biography

Resident slave-owner in Jamaica, dying c. 1834. His widow Dorothy Cammack Myers was awarded compensation for enslaved people previously registered by William Myers.

We are grateful to Steven Carter for his assistance in compiling this entry.

Sources

Familysearch.org, Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 [database online].

Associated Estates (5)

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

1823 [EA] - → Agent

Cocoa Walk [ Jamaica | St Catherine ]

1826 [EA] - → Not known

Dee side [ Jamaica | St Mary ]

1817 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Attorney

Pembroke Plantation [ Jamaica | St Mary ]

1829 [EA] - → Attorney

Pembroke Plantation [ Jamaica | St Mary ]

1829 [EA] - → Joint owner

Pembroke Plantation [ Jamaica | St Mary ]

Relationships (5)

William Myers

Brother → Sister

Sarah Tierney Myers

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Notes →

Inferred by LBS. Sarah Tierney Myers identified her nephew as John Morrison Myers in her will; in turn John Morrison Myers was identified in the Cambridge Alumni as son of William Myers of Jamaica....

William Myers

Deceased Husband → Widow

Dorothy Cammack Myers (née Morison)

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William Myers

Brothers

Thomas Ricketts Myers

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William Myers

Son → Father

Thomas Myers

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