1756 - 3rd Dec 1825
Resident slave-owner in Jamaica. Deceased by 1826.
Genealogical sources show him as the son of John Orgill (died 1779) and Frances (died 1778), nephew of William Orgill (q.v.) and father of William Anderson Orgill and of Samuel Thomas Orgill (both of whom q.v.). Married 01/06/1778 to Anna Downer of Snow Hill.
Death 03/12/1825, in the 70th year of his age, "The Hon. William Anderson Orgill, Custos Rotulorum and Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas [of St George], a very old inhabitant, sincerely regretted and much respected by those who knew him."
Caribbeana Vol. III 'Orgill of Jamaica'. Note Vere Langford Oliver shows him as dying in 1821.
Quote from Royal Gazette of Jamaica 17/12/1825; age at death from The Scots Magazine 01/03/1826. Also given as Custos Rotulorum in St George and Commissioner of the Supreme Court in Portland in the Jamaica Almanac (1824).
We are grateful to Maureen Norrie for her assistance with compiling this entry.
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Spouse
Anna Downer
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Children
William Anderson, Andrew, John Anthony, George Richard, Samuel Thomas, Christian, Rebecca
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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:
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1826 [EA] - → Other
Purchaser of enslaved people from this estate. |
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1809 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Owner
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1826 [EA] - → Previous owner
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1817 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Owner
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1817 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Joint owner
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1826 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Previous owner
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1823 [EA] - → Joint owner
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1826 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Previous owner
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1817 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Tenant-for-life
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1815 [EA] - 1819 [LA] → Not known
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Father → Daughter
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Father-in-law → Son-in-law
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Father → Son
Notes →
Tentative relationship drawn from genealogical material and not verified by...
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Father → Son
Notes →
Tentative relationship drawn from genealogical material and not verified by...
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Nephew → Uncle
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Father-in-law → Daughter-in-law
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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.
© Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2024
CITING THIS RECORD:
'Hon William Anderson Orgill', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146646919/ [accessed 9th September 2024].
