UCL

W. Bishop

Profile & Legacies Summary

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Biography

Owner of the Bremen estate in British Guiana. Probably the same man as the William Bishop whose Belfield coffee plantation 'on the Arabian coast of Essequibo' was put up for judicial sale in 1824. Not further traced to date, although a William Bishop is shown as dying at Pln. Belfield 28/11/1826.


Sources

London Gazette, 18087 04/12/1824 p. 2026; https://www.vc.id.au/tb/bgcolonistsB.html [unsourced on the website].

Further Information

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Associated Estates (3)

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
1824 [EA] - 1824 [LA] → Owner
Belfield [ British Guiana ]

In 1824 Belfield, shown as a coffee estate on the Arabia coast of Essequebo, the property of William Bishop, was put up for judicial sale. LBS has tentatively identified this estate with the Belfield of the 1826 and 1832 Slave Registers.

1817 [EA] - 1817 [LA] → Owner
Bremen [ British Guiana | Demerara ]
1826 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Not known
Westfield [ British Guiana | Demerara ]

Shown as in lawful possession of Stephen Cramer and Wm Bishop.