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William Bean Godfrey

Profile & Legacies Summary

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Biography

James Torrent Godfrey, Joseph Torrent Godfrey, William Bean Godfrey, George Godfrey and Henry Godfrey were trust beneficiaries (with a number of different guardians) for Pontefract/Look Out estates in Westmoreland, Jamaica, from at least 1820 until Emancipation. The enslaved people were aquired from William Godfrey and removed from the parish of Hanover between 1817 and 1820.

  1. James Godfrey, "quadroon free" born 03/12/1804 and baptised 16/03/1805 in Hanover. William, "a quadroon about 5 years" and Ann, "a quadroon aged about 4 years", children of Elizabeth Torrent "a free mulatto woman", baptised in Hanover, 30/09/1809. George Godfrey, 8 months old, son of William Godfrey Esquire of Pontifract, Hanover, and Elizabeth Tarrant, a free woman of colour of the same parish, baptised in Westmoreland 03/02/1816.

Sources

  1. Familysearch.org, Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 [database online].

Further Information

Name in compensation records
W.B. Godfrey

Associated Claims (1)

Jamaica Westmoreland 321 (Pontefract)
£572 11s 11d
Awardee
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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
1820 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Trust beneficiary
Pontefract / Look Out [ Jamaica | Westmoreland ]

Relationships (6)

William Bean Godfrey
Natural Son → Father
William Godfrey
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William Bean Godfrey
Brothers
George Godfrey
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William Bean Godfrey
Brothers
Henry Godfrey
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William Bean Godfrey
Brothers
James Torrent Godfrey
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William Bean Godfrey
Brothers
Joseph T. Godfrey
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William Bean Godfrey
Natural Son → Mother
Elizabeth Tarrant
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