Helen Huie

1. Daughter of George Huie, a Scottish planter and attorney, and Ann Williams, a 'free person of colour'. Ann Williams and her eight children by George Huie were named as residuary legatees in a codicil to the will of George Huie written 28/10/1832. Note that details of the original will have not been uncovered so the contents of his residuary estate are not clear; in a letter dated 19/07/1833 George's sister Ann Huie wrote that George included in his will a letter to his executor James Murray, 'wherein he begs him to see Justus done to all parties'. Of the size of the fortune, Ann commented, 'he has not left a Great Fortune behind him, no last has provided well for his family...' The codicil named the children as Robert, George Thomas, Ann, Helen, Susan, Margaret Carneily, Catheren and Mary.

2. Baptismal records have been found for four of Huie's children by Ann Williams: George Thomas Huie (a free quadroon aged 6 years) and Susannah Williams Huie (a free quadroon aged 1 1/2 years) both baptised in Trelawny 04/10/1814; Catharine Williams Huie (a free quadroon age 1 year) in Trelawny 13/05/1822; and Margaret Cornelia Huie (free quadroon daughter of Anne Williams a mulatto and George Huie Esquire born 13/08/1820 and baptised 10/06/1820). Note that all these entries have been mistranscribed with the surname Hine rather than Huie.

3. Note that this may be the Helen Huie who was awarded compensation for the ownership of one enslaved person in Trelawny in 1835.

1. Unpublished letter of Ann Huie transcribed by Rod Coates, email 02/12/2016.

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

3. Jamaica Trelawny claim no. 213.

We are grateful to Rod Coates for his assistance in compiling this entry and particularly for providing details of Ann Huie's letters.