William Mitchell Kerr

24th Dec 1789 - 13th May 1862

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Son of Sarah Newton Jarrett and David Kerr, nephew of John Jarrett (1746-1809) and Herbert Newton Jarrett III (d. 1829), and brother-in-law of John Baillie (q.v.). Joint owner with brother Herbert Newton Jarrett Kerr (q.v.) (given as H.N.Kerr in the compensation records) of Spring Garden, which was inherited through their mother's family.

  1. Born 24/12/1789; English education sponsored by his uncle John Jarrett; in 1806 placed by his other uncle Herbert Newton Jarrett III at Orange Valley to learn the planter's business. Acted for the Langlands family of Bogardo (owners of Roseberry coffee estate in St Elizabeth). Retired to Britain in 1836 when aged 46; married Eleanor Aynsworth of an Irish family in 1837. In 1845 living at Kerfield House in Peebles, later moving to Terlings Park Hertfordshire. At 27 Green Park, Walcot, Bath, in the census of 1851, age 60.

  2. Will of William Mitchell Kerr, formerly of Terlings Park Gilston Harlow Hertfordshire but late of 13 Baker Street Portman Square who died 13/05/1862 proved 30/05/1862 by Eleanor the relict and William James Kerr of Terlings Park, effects under £25,000, resworn Stamp Office December 1862 £12,000. Buried at Kensal Green Cemetery 17/05/1862 age 73; burial record gives his address as 9 Westbourne Park, Paddington.


Sources

T71/873 St James claim no. 47 for Spring Garden; T71/870 St Elizabeth No. 186 for Roseberry, which confirms the details below.

  1. www.orange-tree-valley.co.uk [accessed 30/06/2011]. Much of the information on this site is apparently drawn from two works by William Mitchell Kerr's son William James Kerr, The Genealogical Tree of the Family of Jarrett of Orange Valley, Jamaica, and Camerton Court, Co. Somerset (Privately printed, 1900) and History of the Name and Lineage of the Family of Kerr (Privately printed, c. 1900). 1851 census online.

  2. National Probate Calendar 1862. Ancestry.com, London, England, Deaths and Burials, 1813-1980 [database online].


Further Information

Absentee?
Transatlantic
Spouse
Eleanor Aynsworth
Children
William James (1838-1919), Sarah Ann (1840-1900)
Will

Given as under £25,000 at probate 30/5/1862, resworn under £12,000 at the Stamp Office December 1862

Wealth at death
£12,000

Associated Claims (7)

£757 4s 3d
Awardee (Executor or executrix)
£1,218 3s 1d
Awardee (Executor or executrix)
£3,236 10s 1d
Awardee
£5,745 0s 3d
Awardee (Executor or executrix)
£4,612 16s 6d
Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
£272 6s 3d
Awardee
£767 8s 5d
Awardee (Trustee)

Associated Estates (19)

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
1817 [EA] - → Attorney
1823 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Attorney
1823 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Receiver
1823 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Attorney
1829 [EA] - → Receiver
1823 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Attorney
1829 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Attorney
1834 [EA] - → Executor
1823 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Attorney
1823 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Attorney
1834 [EA] - → Executor
1827 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Other

Kerr was authorised to sell Roseberry by its owner John Langlands of Bogardo in 1827.

1832 [EA] - → Attorney
1821 [SY] - 1834 [LA] → Trustee and Executor
1817 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Attorney
1829 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Joint owner
1820 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
1832 [EA] - → Lessee
1826 [EA] - 1827 [LA] → Joint owner

Legacies Summary

Historical (2)

BooksAuthor?
William James Kerr, The Genealogical Tree of the Family of Jarrett of Orange Valley, Jamaica, and Camerton Court, Co. Somerset... 1900 
notes →
Family history by William Mitchell Kerr's son William James...
BooksAuthor?
William James Kerr, History of the Name and Lineage of the Family of... 1900 
notes →
William James Kerr the author was the son of William Mitchell...

Relationships (8)

Nephew → Uncle
Nephew → Uncle
Grandson → Grandfather
Brothers
First Cousins
First Cousins
Son → Father
Brother-in-laws

Addresses (4)

13 Baker Street, London, Middlesex, London, England
27 Green Park, Walcott, Bath, Somerset, South-west England, England
Kerfield House, Peebles, Peeblesshire, Southern Scotland, Scotland
Terlings Park, Gilston, Harlow, Hertfordshire, South-east England, England