Elizabeth Hinds Trotman (née Williams)

1782 - 9th May 1867

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Elizabeth Hinds Trotman, Barbados-born eldest daughter of General Thomas Williams of Welchman's Hall, St Thomas, and Woburn, St George, and his wife Elizabeth Prescod Hinds, and widow of John Trotman of Wilcox, Christ Church. Sister of Malvina Williams and Margaret Williams (both q.v.).

  1. Christened at St Thomas, Barbados, 1782; married John Trotman of Wilcox at St Thomas, 29/01/1801 (she was his second wife). Four children were born to this couple: John (born in St Pancras, London, 20/08/1803); Thomas Williams (born 31/07/1809 and bapised at Christ Church, 01/01/1812, who died of typhus in Italy in 1869 where he practised medicine); Elizabeth Prescod Williams (who married Thomas Trotman (q.v.), son of Thomas Clarke Trotman (q.v.)); Margaret Williams (born 15/03/1814). John Trotman of Wilcox, son of Henry Trotman of Valley and Hill plantations, was buried at St Michael, 10/12/1815.

  2. Residuary legatee of General Thomas Williams, with her two sisters, of Woburn in St George's, in 1826.

  3. Died in Barbados aged c.84.


Sources

T71/898 Barbados claim no. 3746.

  1. For a genealogy of the Trotman family in Barbados see James C. Brandow, Genealogies of Barbados families: from Caribbeana and the Journal of the Barbados Museum and Historical Society (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1983) pp. 551-557.

  2. Ibid. pp. 608-609.

  3. Barbados Burials, 1854-1885, FamilySearch.


Further Information

Maiden Name
Williams
Spouse
Thomas Trotman
Children
John (1803-), Thomas Williams (1809-1862), Elizabeth Prescod Williams (1810-1895), Margaret Williams (?-1881)

Associated Claims (1)

£308 15s 4d
Awardee

Associated Estates (3)

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] - 1823 [LA] → Administratrix
1817 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
1817 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Administratrix

Relationships (4)

Mother-in-law → Son-in-law
Widow → Deceased Husband
Sisters
Sisters