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Sampson Wood Waith

Profile & Legacies Summary

16th Dec 1783 - 20th Sep 1852

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Son of Thomas Waith (c.1754- ) and Sarah Wilkinson (married, 21 February 1781).

Married Elizabeth Rose, Christ Church, Barbados, 17 May 1808. The children were: Thomas; James Rose; Sarah Murrell; Robert Doughty; Sampson Wood; Elizabeth Blagrove; Sarah Murrell; Ellen Frances.

Elizabeth Blagrove Waith married her second cousin Thomas Shepherd Waith (17 September 1816-2 December 1880) who died on the Richmond Hill plantation, Leguan, British Guiana.

Sampson Wood Waith was one of the 15 Commissioners of Police appointed by the Barbados Assembly in 1834; and he was also a representative of Christ Church in the House of Assembly.


Sources

Pam Griffiths, The Waith family of Barbados and Guyana and associated families, mainly in Barbados (January 2009), pp. 21, 56-60 available at Waith family geneaology.

Further Information

Spouse
Elizabeth Rose
Children
8 children: 4 daughters, 4 sons
Occupation
Planter

Associated Claims (3)

Barbados 3534
£322 7s 2d
Awardee
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Barbados 3535
£73 15s 10d
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Barbados 3541 (Amity Lodge)
£1,293 6s 7d
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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
1832 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
Amity Lodge [ Barbados | Christ Church ]
1820 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Owner
Unknown [ Barbados | Christ Church ]

Relationships (4)

Sampson Wood Waith
First Cousins
Thomas Lewis Waith
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Sampson Wood Waith
First Cousins
Joseph William Waith
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Sampson Wood Waith
Son → Father
Thomas Shepard (or Shepherd) Waith
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Sampson Wood Waith
Son → Mother
Sarah Waith
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