Joseph Wickham Mayer

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1821

Biography

Son of John Mayer senior and brother of John Wickham Mayer (both of whom q.v.). Vere Langford Oliver shows Joseph W. Mayer in 1788 for Mayer's, from Lussman's map, although Joseph Wickham Mayer was likely a minor at the time. He was co-owner with George Dalzell of Rose Bank on St Vincent.

Marriage of Joseph Wickham Mayer [8th Light Dragoons] and Ann E. Gowrley at St Marylebone 25/02/1819.
In 1821 Ann Edge Mayer applied for a pension as widow of Joseph Wickham Mayer, who had died at Bombay 23/02/1821. The application gave their marriage date as 25/02/1819.

Sources

Vere Langford Oliver History of Antigua Vol. II p. 262 and Vol. III p. 390.

Ancestry.com, London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 [database online] . Oliver gives her as 'Gourley'.
Ancestry.com, UK, British Army and Navy Birth, Marriage and Death Records, 1730-1960 for Joseph Wickham Mayer WO 42: Officers Birth Certificates, Wills and Personal Papers Piece 032: M 427-620 (1776-1881) [database online].

Further Information

Absentee?

Transatlantic?

Spouse

Ann E. Gowrley or Gourley

Associated Estates (2)

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

1788 [EA] - 1788 [LA] → Not known

Mayers [ Antigua ]

Shown by Vere Langford Oliver against Mayer's in 1788, drawing on Luffman's 1787-1788 map. It seems more likely that the owner was at that point Joseph's older brother John Wickham Mayer.

1817 [EA] - 1817 [LA] → Joint owner

Rose Bank [ St Vincent ]

Tentative identification of Joseph W Mayer, given as joint owner in 1817, as Joseph Wickham Mayer.