UCL

Edward Smith

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1838

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

  1. Will of Edward Smith planter of St Elizabeth [made in 1837] proved 04/07/1839. He left to his wife Elizabeth Claver an annuity of £400 p.a. and to his son Edward Claver £2500. To his eldest daughter Mary Ann Fieler[?] he left £2500 and a wharf and lands in Westmoreland known as Paradise for life, then to her children; to his second daughter Elizabeth Frances Robertson also £2500; he left the freehold estates of Breadnut Valley and Haughton to his second son Raynes Waite Smith. A long affidavit dated 12/05/1839 by Elizabeth Claver Smith of 64 Guildford Street supporting the copy of the will she had as a true will stated that the couple had moved from Jamaica in 1837 and that Edward Smith had died on 18th May last.

Sources

  1. PROB 11/1914/115.

Further Information

Absentee?
Transatlantic?
Spouse
Elizabeth
Children
Mary Ann; Elizabeth Frances; Edward Claver; Raynes Waite

Associated Claims (2)

Jamaica St Elizabeth 398 (Breadnut Valley)
£2,233 3s 8d
Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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Jamaica St Elizabeth 401 (Haughton Pen)
£3,293 0s 2d
Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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Associated Estates (2)

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
1829 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Owner
Breadnut Valley [ Jamaica | St Elizabeth ]
1817 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
Haughton Pen [ Jamaica | St Elizabeth ]

Relationships (1)

Edward Smith
Father → Son
Edward Claver Smith
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Addresses (1)

64 Guildford Street, Russell Square, London, Middlesex, London, England
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