Samuel Alexander

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1680

Biography

Early slave-owner of St David Jamaica. Son of Nickolas Alexander who died in 1677. He inherited 150 acres called Clayponds and 540 acres called Swamps from his father, as well as half the proceeds of his father's estate at Yhallah. Samuel himself died in 1680.

Sources

See separate entry for Nickolas Alexander for details of his will.

Further Information

Spouse

Sarah

Children

Samuel

Will

Will transcribed at http://nautarch.tamu.edu/portroyal/archives/Wills/Vol3/3-122%20Will%20of%20Samuel%20Alexander%20pg.htm [accessed 12/10/2018].

29/01/1680.

Samuel Alexander of St David, Jamaica, gentleman.

To my well beloved wife Sarah Alexander, my house where I now live "Utauk"[?] in St David, for her to live in for life, and her hourses named Rouston [and] Harry, and "a negroe boy called Henry (I say) sonne of a negroe woman called Whan", and also all the furniture, dishes, linen etc, for life.

[lines unreadable] age of 21 years. [Presumably this is a bequest to his son Samuel.]

All that I have bequeathed to my son Samuel to go to my wife Sarah Alexander should Samuel die before age 21 years. Then if my wife also die without issue all my estate to my dear sister Jane Alexander for ever.

My wife Sarah Alexander to be sole executor. Should she die before my son Samuel reaches age 21 then my good friend Clement Richardson Esuire and Lieut. James Lobby to be joint executors.

Sworn by witnesses in Jamaica 12/04/1681.