William Pitcairn

1781 - 1862

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

West India merchant, partner in Munro, Pitcairn and then in Pitcairn & Amos (q.v.).

  1. Identified as the son of Rev Robert Pitcairn of that Ilk (died c. 1792), born Kintbury Berkshire 01/12/1781; apprenticed in London aged 15 and became a West India merchant.  Acquired and lost a large fortune (reportedly £40,000). Master of the Skinners Company.  In 1808 went to Jamaica and was Collector of Customs.  Built Culver Cottage Bognor, then moved to live with his nephew Rev. James Pelham Pitcairn at Longsight Rectory.

  2. Certainly a William Pitcairn formerly of Kingstone Dublin and then of Eccles but late of Longsight near Manchester died 11/10/1862: his will was proven by among others his nephew Rev James Pelham Pitcairn 06/11/1862, effects under £6000.  W. Pitcairn is also shown as Collector at Port Morant in the 1808 Jamaica Almanac.

  3. William Pitcairn of the Crescent Bridge St. Blackfriars m. Phoebe Richardson a spinster 08/04/1820 St George Bloomsbury; 1841 census William (born abt 1781) and Phoebe Pitcairn (also born abt 1781), both 'Ind[ependent]', living at Culver Street, South Berstead, Chichester.


Sources

  1. http://www.pitcairnfamily.com/FB1/FB1-22-5.htm [accessed 15/02/2011] unsourced except 'PFH: Constance Pitcairn': elswehere on the site Constance Pitcairn is identified as author of 'The Fife Pitcairns'. 'Her The History of the Fife Pitcairns' was published in 1905.

  2. National Probate Calendar 1862.

  3. Ancestry.com, London, England, Marriages and Banns 1754-1921 [database online]: 1841 census online.


Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish
Spouse
Phoebe Richardson
Wealth at death
£6,000

Associated Claims (37)

£2,774 18s 2d
Awardee (Mortgagee)
£64 18s 5d
Awardee
£310 7s 2d
Awardee
£2,200 2s 9d
Awardee
£1,608 18s 1d
Awardee
£972 13s 6d
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£402 7s 6d
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£53 3s 0d
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£149 7s 2d
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£227 9s 9d
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£39 1s 8d
Awardee
£72 13s 10d
Awardee
£218 0s 2d
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£108 14s 0d
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£19 10s 10d
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£26 12s 2d
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£197 7s 6d
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£114 17s 5d
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£46 2s 4d
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£321 13s 7d
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£448 7s 7d
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£26 11s 6d
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£72 13s 10d
Awardee
£99 2s 5d
Awardee
£2,855 15s 7d
Awardee
£7,000 0s 0d
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£330 15s 3d
Awardee
£5,062 18s 6d
Awardee
£92 12s 11d
Awardee
£161 2s 4d
Awardee (Assignee)
£125 19s 9d
Awardee (Assignee)
£378 17s 0d
Awardee
£132 17s 6d
Awardee
£300 6s 4d
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£106 8s 11d
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£73 14s 8d
Awardee
£25 0s 9d
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Associated Estates (5)

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
1830 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Judgement creditor
1824 [SY] - 1834 [LA] → Mortgage Holder
Trustee
1834 [EA] - → Trustee
1834 [EA] - → Trustee

Legacies Summary

Commercial (2)

Name partner
Pitcairn & Amos
West India merchant  
 
General Investment
 
 

Physical (1)

Town house
Culver Cottage [Built] 
description →
Listed cottage in at South Bersted, Bognor, reportedly built by William...

Relationships (1)

Business partners

Addresses (1)

Culver Cottage, Aldwick Road, Bognor, Sussex, South-east England, England