UCL

Robert Henvill

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1781

Biography

Merchant and slave-owner, of St Kitts but active also in St Vincent. He was the son of Robert Henvill of St Kitts (d. 1752), nephew of the Bristol slave-trader Richard Henvill (d. 1756), and brother of Richard Henvill of St Kitts (d. 1772). The family was prominent in Charmouth in the late 18th century: Benedicta Durston, daughter of Richard Henvill (d. 1756), left the manor of Charmouth including the church patronage to her cousin Richard (d. 1772) and his male heirs, failing whom it was to pass to her cousin, Robert Henvill of this entry, in 1770. In the 1830s several small awards were made for St Kitts to individuals named Henville [sic].


Sources

'A History of St Andrews Church Charmouth', https://www.freshford.com/Ellesdon%20Family.htm [accessed 19/08/2020]; will of Benedicta Durston widow of Bristol proved 12/09/1781, PROB 11/1081/399.

Further Information

Absentee?
Transatlantic?

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
Owner
Stathams, Lasticks or Augiers [ St Vincent | Bequia ]

Robert Henvill mortgaged the estate to Mills & Swanston in 1775.