UCL

William Kewley

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1830

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Resident slave-owner who died c. 1830. The curators of Wm Kewley claimed for the compensation for the Adelphi estate, the money from which was paid into the colonial courts, and were awarded part of the compensation for Mary's Hope, both in British Guiana.


Sources

London Gazette18736 19/10/1830 p. 2193 which describes him as 'late of this colony deceased.'

Further Information

Name in compensation records
Wm. Kewley

Associated Claims (3)

British Guiana 2 (Adelphi)
£5,555 10s 9d
Claimants in List E or Chancery cases
Details
British Guiana 277 (Mary's Hope)
£1,392 0s 9d
Beneficiary deceased
Details
British Guiana 313 (Mary's Hope)
£10,543 12s 1d
Beneficiary deceased
Details

Associated Estates (2)

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
1817 [EA] - → Joint owner
Mary's Hope [ British Guiana ]
1818 [EA] - 1818 [LA] → Sequestrator
No. 11 Corrantyne Coast [ British Guiana | Berbice ]