UCL

William Hughes

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 29th Aug 1836

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

  1. Death "August 29, aged 71, at Kingston, Jamaica, Capt. Wm. Hughes, proprietor of the Rose Mountain Plantation, in that island."

Sources

  1. Bristol Mercury 19/11/1836.

We are grateful to Peter Selley for his assistance with this entry.

Further Information

Absentee?
Spouse
Rosetta
Will

PROB 11/1889/261 - precis.

William Hughes of the parish of St Andrew in Jamaica, planter, about embarking for England.

All my real and personal estate to my beloved wife Rosetta for her natural life provided she manumises my reputed son William, a slave, son of Mary Wiltshire, also a slave of my own, and remits to each of my sisters Sarah and Elizabeth the sum of £50 sterling per annum. On the demise of my wife, the whole of my estate real and personal to my sisters Sarah and Elizabeth.

My wife and sisters to be my executors.

Signed at Kingston 07/07/1820.

Sworn in Jamaica 20/11/1837.

Proved in London 24/01/1838 by Elizabeth Millward (wife of William Millward), the sister, the surviving executor.

Associated Claims (1)

Jamaica St Andrew 254 (Rose Mount)
£2,372 5s 7d
Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
Details

Associated Estates (1)

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
1809 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
Rose Mount [ Jamaica | St Andrew ]