William Power Trench

24th Oct 1771 - 30th Jun 1848

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

  1. Resident slave-owner in Jamaica. Born in Galway, Ireland, son of Ven. William Trench and Ann Colpoys. Married Janet Stewart, daughter of William Stewart and Elizabeth Watkins, 04/01/1803 in Clarendon. They had at least 15 children, of whom at least 7 reached maturity: Eliza Watkins Trench 1804-1879 (marr 1821 Clarendon) Robert Innes; William Stewart Trench 1809-1877 (marr 1837 Mt Pleasant) Mary Anne Poole; Daniel Power Trench 1813-1884 (marr 1845 Mt Woodside) Frances Charlotte Mackay; Mary Power Trench 1815-1862 (marr 1835 Clarendon) William Dutton Turner (3rd wife); John Power Trench 1818-1859 (marr 1848 possibly St James) Sarah Wilstrop; Jane Power Trench 1820-1892 (marr 1837 Clarendon) James Humphrey St John; and James Stewart Trench 1824-1866 (marr 1848) Sarah Powell Robinson. William Power Trench died at Belleview, Jamaica, 1848.

  2. Correspondence between William Shand of Fettercairn and a W.P. Trench, located at University of Aberdeen Special Collections, shows that, on 25 June 1823, French accepted an offer to work on the Shands' estates in Jamaica.

  3. An article by Christopher Whyms-Stone (2005) argued that Trench Town in Kingston Jamaica was named after Daniel Power Trench, the son of William Power Trench.


Sources

1. Email 26/04/2014 from Robert Lancashire. Familysearch.org, Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 [database online]. Familysearch Pedigree Resource File, entry for Janet Stewart; William Power Trench, http://www.thepeerage.com/p20436.htm#i204353

2. Email from Matthew Lee, 24/07/2020: sourced to University of Aberdeen, Special Collections, MS 3652/2/1/1, H. M. James and W. P. French: acceptance of salary for management of John Shand's business. See also: University of Aberdeen Special Collections, MS 3652/6/14, Current accounts: Kellits Estate and Mamee Gully Pen.

3. URBAN CASE STUDY THE GOVERNMENT YARDS OF TRENCH TOWN by Christopher Whyms-Stone Presented at the Conference for the Built Environment, Kingston, Jamaica: August 2005, https://www.academia.edu/8671170/The_Government_Yards_of_Trench_Town [accessed 03/05/2019].

We are grateful to Robert Lancashire, William Norton, and Matthew Lee for their assistance in compiling this entry.


Further Information

Spouse
Janet Stewart
Children
Elizabeth Watkins (1804-1879), William Stewart (1809-1877), Daniel Power (1813-1884), Mary Power (1815-1862), John Power (1818-1859), Jane Power (1820-1892), James Stewart (1824-1866)

Associated Claims (4)

£2,200 2s 4d
Awardee
£12 16s 2d
Awardee
£308 18s 10d
Awardee
£825 11s 4d
Awardee

Associated Estates (15)

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
1834 [EA] - → Other
1823 [EA] - → Attorney
1826 [EA] - → Receiver
1823 [EA] - → Attorney
1809 [EA] - 1811 [LA] → Owner
1817 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Joint owner
1817 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Guardian
1823 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Attorney
1826 [EA] - → Attorney
1829 [EA] - → Executor
1826 [EA] - → Attorney
1829 [EA] - → Attorney
1829 [EA] - → Attorney
1829 [EA] - → Attorney
1826 [EA] - → Attorney

Relationships (6)

Husband → Wife
Father → Daughter
Father-in-law → Son-in-law
Father → Daughter
Father-in-law → Son-in-law
Other relatives
Notes →
William Power Trench's son Daniel married Hugh Donald Mackay's daughter Frances...