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Eldest son from a gentry family from East Coker in Somerset, William Heylar was a Colonel in the Cavalier army in the English civil war. He invested jointly with his brother Cary in establishing Bybrook estate in Jamaica in 1669. William agreed to ship supplies and labour from England while Cary developed the land. They initially planned to grow cacao but following a blight in 1670-1671 they turned their attention to sugar cultivation.
J. Harry Bennett (1964). 'Cary Helyar, merchant and planter of seventeenth-century Jamaica', William and Mary Quarterly, 21(2) 53-76.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Spouse
Married but no further details
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Children
William, John
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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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1669 [EA] - 15/08/1673 [ED] → Joint owner
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15/08/1673 [SD] - 1697 [EY] → Owner
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Brothers
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Other relatives
Notes →
Whaley was the godson of...
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Father → Son
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East Coker, Somerset, South-west England, England
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1805 - ????
Enslaved man brought to England as a domestic servant; his former owner was indicted for the mistreatment of Thompson in 1824.
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:
'William Helyar', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146648533/ [accessed 10th October 2024].
