Stoney Hill

Articles of Agreement dated 05/09/1781 between George Webbe senior of Stratford Wiltshire and George Webbe junior of Stoney Hill in Nevis recorded the division of estates on Nevis between the two men [who were uncle and nephew], after George Webbe junior had inherited under the will of his uncle Josiah Webbe (who with his brother George Webbe senior of Stratford had inherited as tenants in common under the will of their father, also George Webbe). At the instigation of the younger man, the two men had previously split the Stoney Hill estate. Under the new indenture of 1781, George Webbe senior took the New River estate (243 acres) and George Webbe junior the Deodand estate (194 acres), with an adjustment of £500 to reflect the higher value of the New River estate. It has not been possible to date to map these estates with complete confidence onto the estates named Stoney Hill and New River in later sources, but by inference the portion of Stoney Hill that went to George Webbe junior was that combined with Deodand that was mortgaged to James Wildman in the early 1800s. Common Records 1783-1785, British Library, EAP794/1/1/19, https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP794-1-1-19 pp. 1-12.

Inferred to be the George Webbe shown as owner 1817-1825. The George Webbe shown for 1828-1834 might be the same man but more probably refers to George Cavell Webbe, George Webbe's natural son.

The George Webbe shown for 1828-1834 probably refers to George Cavell Webbe, George Webbe of Mylor's natural son: under the latter's will proved in 1827, he left a life-interest in his unnamed estates on Nevis to George Cavell Webbe.