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William Edwards

Profile & Legacies Summary

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Biography

Owner of Mount Pleasant in St Ann, Jamaica. An absentee from at least 1778. Tentatively identified by LBS as William Edwards of Bruges (1746-1823), although in 1795 the estate was shown as owned by William Edwards junior (possibly William Frederic or Frederick Edwards, q.v.).

Probably the same William Edwards who contributed 拢20 to the University of Pennsylvania following Dr John Morgan's fundraising tour of the West Indies in 1772-1773.

Sources

William Smith, Joseph Hopkinson, and Plunket Fleeson Glentworth, Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania Minute Books, Volume 2, 1768-1779 p. 78, entry for 13/12/1773. Note amounts are in Jamaican currency.

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

1778 [EA] - 1780 [LA] → Owner

Mount Pleasant [ Jamaica | St Ann ]

Legacies Summary

Cultural (1)

Benefactor

University of Pennsylvania......

Details

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William Smith, Joseph Hopkinson, and Plunket Fleeson Glentworth, Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania Minute Books, Volume 2, 1768-1779 p. 78, entry for 13/12/1773. Note amounts are in...