William Henderson

Alive in 1817, deceased by 1819. Owner of Annotto River estate in St George, Jamaica in 1817. Assumed to be the same William Henderson who owned Annotto River in 1803.

1. William Henderson, Esquire, of Newhall, and Miss Jane Reid in Aberdeen, daughter of the deceased Mr John Reid, late merchant in Aberdeen, married in Aberdeen 03/07/1806. William Forsyth Henderson, son of William Henderson Esquire of Newhall and his wife Mrs Jane Reid was born 7/05/1807 and baptised 15/05/1807 in Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland. William Henderson, son of William Henderson of Jamaica, attended Kings College Aberdeen, 1820-1824; LCRS Edinburgh 1826; settled in Jamaica. Jean Reid, widow of William Henderson of Annotto River Plantation, died in St George, Jamaica, 27/05/1829.

2. John James Henderson, son of William and Jane Reid Henderson, baptised in St George, 27/11/1816. Margaret, daughter of William and Jane Henderson, buried St George, 10/08/1825 aged 19 years.

3. The inventory of Mrs Jane Reid otherwise Henderson, relict of William Henderson of Annotto River, who died 29/05/1829, was registered in Edinburgh in 1854 by her eldest son Dr William Forsyth Henderson, physician of Jamaica, among others. Effects in Scotland £48. She was the daughter of John Reid, merchant of Aberdeen.

1. GROS OPR Marriages 168/A 150 238 Aberdeen; GROS OPR Births 258/ 30 153 Fetteresso; David Dobson, Scots in the West Indies, 1707-1857 (Baltimore, Maryland, 2006) vol. 2 pp. 68, 118.

2. Familysearch.org, Jamaica, Church of England Parish Register Transcripts [online database with images].

3. GROS SC70/1/85, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories.