UCL

Robert Seaman of Hounslow

Profile & Legacies Summary

1733 - 1821

Biography

  1. Will of Robert Seaman [late of the island of Dominica but now of Hounslow in the parish] of Isleworth [made in 1816] proved 22/03/1821. In the will he left his estate and enslaved people in Dominica, his house at Isleworth, the three houses he had recently built at Hounslow occupied by Mr Thomas Rogers, Mr Lepipre and Miss Lepipre, leasehold property in Blackfriars let to Mr Rowntree, and money he had advanced in trade with the late Mr Thomas Whitby and his son Mr Thomas John Whitby of Red Lion Wharf, Upper Thames Street London as coal merchants, in trust (his trustees included his daughter Mrs Sarah Hesketh widow), to fund monetary legacies totalling £6000 to his brother and his nieces and nephews, with the remainder to Sarah Hesketh and her children. In a codicil dated 22/03/1819, he said he had contracted to sell the Great Capuchin estate on Dominica together with the enslaved people on it to James Potter Lockahrt for £4000.

Sources

  1. PROB 11/1641/202

Further Information

Absentee?
Transatlantic

Associated Estates (1)

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
1817 [EA] - 1819 [LA] → Owner
Grand Capuchin [ Dominica ]

Legacies Summary

Commercial (2)

Partner
Rowntree & Seaman
Engineering  
 
Details
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NB although Robert Seaman of Hounslow held the leasehold of the premises let to Mr Rowntree in 1816, the partner of Thomas Rowntree in 1803 was shown as Robert Seaman jun., who shortly after leaving...
Firm Investment
Thomas Whitby & Co.
Coal, iron and marble  
 
Details
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Robert Seaman noted in his will made in 1816 that he had advanced money to and had 'stock' in Thomas Whitby & Co.' 'in which I was concerned.' It is not clear whether he was ever a...

Physical (1)

Urban Development
Seaman Place [Built] 
Details
description →
In his will made in 1816 Robert Seaman referred to the three houses he had built at Hounslow, one in the occupation of 'Miss Lepipre.' Elizabeth Lepipre 'of Seaman Place, Hounslow' appeared as the...
notes →
Not further...