Elizabeth Barrett Williams (née Waite)

Widow of Martin Williams senior (q.v.) and then partner of Samuel Barrett (d. 1794), with whom she had four children. Secondary material suggests she was an annuitant on Anchovy Bottom.

1. Will of Elizabeth Barrett Williams widow of Milverton Warwickshire proved 23/12/1834. In the will she said that she had a life interest in a wharf at Montego Bay, and that the 'slaves' thereon were claimed by her son Martin Williams, who also owed her £7000. She forgave him £4000 of the principal (but not the unpaid interest) on condition he waived any claims on her estate including on the enslaved people: and she manumitted two 'mulatto' enslaved men named Billy Waite and Robert Waite. Her residuary heir was her son George Goodin Barrett.

R.A. Barrett, The Barretts of Jamaica: The Family of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (Athlone, Continuum International Publishing Group, 2000) p. 38 shows an annuity in favour of E.B. Waite. Ibid. p. 91: the annuity was of £357 2s 10d per half year. Since 02/10/1830, £3214 5s 6d was due against £1733 s 11d paid, plus sum of £1050 for 'Negro hire'.

1. PROB 11/1840/397. The will is indexed online by TNA as 'Elizabeth Barrell Williams.'

We are grateful to Simon Harding for his assistance with compiling this entry.