William Foreman Home

24th Apr 1782 - ????

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

William Foreman Home of Wedderburn, Billie and Paxton. Son of John Foreman and Margaret Tod, the daughter of Jean Home and John Tod, and brother of John Foreman Home (q.v.). The brothers added the surname Home after the death of their second cousin George Home of Paxton.

  1. John Fairbairn, the manager of the Waltham estate for George Home of Paxton, made his will 7 Sep 1820, registered 18/06/1821 Grenada, 11 Aug 1821 London. George Home (d. 1820) had inherited Paxton House from his elder brother Ninian (killed by Fedon in 1795); he inherited Wedderburn from Patrick Home in 1812 (Patrick had sold the unfinished Paxton House to Ninian Home for £15,000 in 1773).

  2. William Foreman, an attorney in Berwick, married Jane Home, youngest daughter of the Rev. George Home, minister of Ayton, at Ayton Manse, 13/12/1810. They had four daughters,.


Sources

T71/880 Grenada claim no. 566 (Waltham Estate).

  1. The reference in Kenneth E. Ingram, Manuscript sources for the history of the West Indies: with special reference to Jamaica in the National Library of Jamaica and supplementary sources in the West Indies, North America, and United Kingdom and elsewhere (Mona, Jamaica, University of the West Indies Press, 2000) p. 421, suggesting William Foreman Home was in Grenada 1820-1835 may be misleading: his brother John was certainly there at the time of compensation. For information on Paxton House see http://paxtonhouse.co.uk/history-collections/ [accessed 24/07/2015].

  2. General Register Office for Scotland, OPR Marriages 1810 727 010. http://www.electricscotland.com/history/nation/home.htm [accessed 01/08/2012].

We are grateful to Sonia Baker for her help with this entry.


Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish
Spouse
Jean Home
Children
4 daughters

Associated Claims (2)

£6,226 16s 0d
Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
£2,876 0s 6d
Unsuccessful claimant (Executor or executrix)

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
1823 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner

Legacies Summary

Cultural (1)

Paintings
Bernardo Bellotto, Rome: the Forum with the Temple of Castor and Pollux; and the Temple of Antoninus and Faustia in the Forum, inherited with Paxton estate and house by William Foreman Home... 
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Relationships (3)

Brothers
Brother-in-law → Sister-in-law
Other relatives
Notes →
Second...

Addresses (1)

Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, Northern England, England