William Edwards

Profile & Legacies Summary

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Biography

Owner of Mount Pleasant in St Ann, Jamaica. An absentee from at least 1778. Tentatively identified by LBS as William Edwards of Bruges (1746-1823), although in 1795 the estate was shown as owned by William Edwards junior (possibly William Frederic or Frederick Edwards, q.v.).

Probably the same William Edwards who contributed £20 to the University of Pennsylvania following Dr John Morgan's fundraising tour of the West Indies in 1772-1773.

Sources

William Smith, Joseph Hopkinson, and Plunket Fleeson Glentworth, Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania Minute Books, Volume 2, 1768-1779 p. 78, entry for 13/12/1773. Note amounts are in Jamaican currency.

Further Information

Absentee?

British/Irish?

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

1778 [EA] - 1780 [LA] → Owner

Mount Pleasant [ Jamaica | St Ann ]

Legacies Summary

Cultural (1)

Benefactor

University of Pennsylvania......

Details

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William Smith, Joseph Hopkinson, and Plunket Fleeson Glentworth, Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania Minute Books, Volume 2, 1768-1779 p. 78, entry for 13/12/1773. Note amounts are in...