William James Hall of St Andrew

???? - 1779


Biography

Major slave-owner in St Andrew, Jamaica. Died c. 1780. Assumed to be the William James Hall who died in 1779, brother of Cossley Hall and owner of Hyde Hall estate in Trelawney.

Author of a History of Jamaica, married Florence, daughter of Theophius Bletchyndon and cousin to the Countess Spencer. Died s.p. and left his Jamaica property to his brother.

William James Hall contributed £35 to the University of Pennsylvania following Dr John Morgan's fundraising tour of the West Indies in 1772-1773.

William Ja. Hall of St Andrew, Esquire. Estate probated in Jamaica in 1780. Slave-ownership at probate: 216 of whom 117 were listed as male and 99 as female. 51 were listed as boys, girls or children. Total value of estate at probate: £26,775.96 Jamaican currency of which £15,770 currency was the value of enslaved people. Estate valuation included £0 currency cash, £5,236.04 currency debts and £408.6 currency plate.


Sources

Burke's History of the Commoners (1839) vol. 4 pp. 742-743.

William Smith, Joseph Hopkinson, and Plunket Fleeson Glentworth, Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania Minute Books, Volume 2, 1768-1779 p. 74, entry for 13/12/1773. Note amounts are in Jamaican currency.

Trevor Burnard, Database of Jamaican inventories, 1674-1784.


Further Information

Spouse
Florence Bletchyndon
Children
d.s.p.

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
1742 [SY] - 1779 [LA] → Owner

Legacies Summary

Cultural (1)

Benefactor
University of Pennsylvania...... 
notes →
William Smith, Joseph Hopkinson, and Plunket Fleeson Glentworth, Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania Minute Books, Volume 2, 1768-1779 p. 74, entry for 13/12/1773. Note amounts are in...

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