30th Nov 1805 - ????
Henry Williams Byles (born 17/06/1804) and John Williams Byles (born 30/11/1805), children of Catherine Powell Williams, "free mestee", were baptised in St Catherine, Jamaica, 06/07/1806. Likely the children of John Hodge Byles (q.v.) and half-brothers of Nathaniel Byles (q.v.).
Married Wilhelmina Montgomery in St Catherine in 1833. There were at least nine children baptised to this couple: Catherine Williams (1834), John Williams (1835), Mary Powell (1840), Henry Hodge (1846), Charles Elrington (1849), Emily Ellen (1849), John Williams (1851), Nathaniel Jackson (1851), Ines Elizabeth (1857).
Familysearch.org, Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 [database online].
Ibid.
We are grateful to David Barker for his assistance with compiling this entry.
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Name in compensation records
J.W. Byles
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Spouse
Wilelmina Montgomery
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£138 18s 4d
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Brothers
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Natural Son → Father
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9th Oct 1760 - 1801
Prominent Liverpool merchant and slave-trader
Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.
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CITING THIS RECORD:
'John Williams Byles', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/18456 [accessed 15th October 2024].
