William Stone Woollery

Profile & Legacies Summary

16^th May 1775 - 9^th Jun 1805

Biography

Owner of Long Pond and Midgham estates in Westmoreland, Jamaica. 1st son of Robert Dunston Woollery of Jamaica. Married Elizabeth Virgo, daughter of James Virgo of Jamaica, 31 May 1797 in Trelawney. Their son Robert Dunston Woollery baptised in Westmoreland 7 March 1800. Daughter Wilhelmina Stone Woollery baptised in Westmoreland in 1805. J.P. for Westmoreland. Died onboard ship on his way from Jamaica, 9 June 1805.

Sources

Gentleman's Magazine vol. 98 p. 881 (September 1805). Familysearch.org, Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 [database online]. Ancestry.com, Jamaica, Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1879 [database online]; R. L. Arrowsmith (comp.), Charterhouse Register 1769 -1872 (London & Chichester, Phillimore, 1974). Thanks to Catherine Smith, Charterhouse Archivist, for this reference.

Further Information

Spouse

Elizabeth Virgo

Children

Robert Dunston (1799-), Wilhelmina Stone (1805-)

School

Charterhouse [1786-92 ]

Legal Education

Lincoln's Inn [Entered 1792 ]

Occupation

Planter

Associated Estates (2)

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