UCL

Alexander William Young

Profile & Legacies Summary

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Biography

Slave-owner of Grenada, owner of Brunswick on Carriacou in 1790, and son of Robert Young of Auchenskeoch (q.v.). He has not been further traced by LBS apart from his marriage to Harriet or Harriot Ann Kensington at St Martin Ludgate 26/03/1794.


Sources

Shown in David Beck Ryden ''One of the Finest and Most Fruitful Spots in America': an Analysis of Eighteenth-century Carriacou', Journal of Interdisciplinary History XLIII:4 (Spring 2013) pp. 539-570 Table 5, where he appears as A.W. Young; Ancestry.com Alexander William Young in the London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1932 [database online].

Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish?

Associated Estates (1)

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
1790 [EA] - 1790 [LA] → Owner
Brunswick Estate [ Grenada | Carriacou ]

Shown as A.W. Young in David Beck Ryden ''One of the Finest and Most Fruitful Spots in America': an Analysis of Eighteenth-century Carriacou', Journal of Interdisciplinary History XLIII:4 (Spring 2013) pp. 539-570 Table 5.

Relationships (2)

Alexander William Young
Son-in-law → Father-in-law
Charles Kensington
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The will of Charles Kensington is silent on Alexander William Young who had married Kensington's daughter Harriet Ann (who predeceased her father): he left £1000 to his grand-daughter Harriet Louisa...
Alexander William Young
Son → Father
Robert Young of Auchenskeoch
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