1742 - 1808
Of Penbedw Denbighshire and Erbistock Flintshire, MP for Montgomeryshire 1772-1774 and Flint Boroughs 1777-1806. Married Elizabeth Stapleton, one of the daughters and co-heirs of James Russell Stapleton (q.v.). In 1776, his sister-in-law Catherine Stapleton bought out his interest in the Stapleton estates on St Kitts and Nevis, for £18,000.
http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/member/williams-watkin-1742-1808
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Spouse
Elizabeth Stapleton
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Political (1) |
MP
election →
Montgomeryshire Montgomeryshire
1772 - 1774 election →
Flint Boroughs Flintshire
1777 - 1806 |
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Son-in-law → Father-in-law
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Brother-in-law → Sister-in-law
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Erbistock, Flintshire, North Wales, Wales
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1787 - 1861
Enslaved boy on Unity Valley Pen, Jamaica. Manumitted in 1795 by David Barclay and removed to Philadelphia, with 29 other freed persons from the estate, where he was placed under the care of Society for Improving the Condition of Free Blacks.
Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.
© Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2024
CITING THIS RECORD:
'Watkin Williams', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146651955 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
