P_10433_0549 – William Coleman of Lee
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William Coleman was co-owner of one voyage by the Anne Galley from London to Gambia wrecked on Montserrat in 1716 en route to St Kitts, owner of two voyages to St Kitts by the Hare 1724-1725, and of three voyages to St Kitts by the Wiltshire between 1724 and 1726 for which no port of origin is yet known. We have concluded that these six voyages were owned or co-owned by the same man and that he was the London merchant and slave-owner of Lee whose will was proved in 1771. A further voyage by the Anne in 1745 was also possibly his.
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First name: William
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Last name: Coleman
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Primary cohort: London
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Plantation owner: Yes
Owner of estates and enslaved people on St Kitts.
Sources: https://spw-surrey.com/bfh/case-of-the-ship-anne-galley-1717/ shows extracts from HCA 15/34 with details of the voyage of the Anne Galley, with testimony from William Coleman and Drewry Ottley. PROB 11/973/166. C 11/1668/19 Description: Short title: Gardiner v Coleman. Document type: Bill and answer. Plaintiffs: Thomas Gardiner, watchmaker of the Minories, London and Samuel Brookes, broker of Exchange Alley, London (assignees of John Main, mariner late of London, bankrupt). Defendants: William Coleman senior, William Coleman junior and Thomas Lucas, merchants and partners of London. Date of bill (or first document): 1753.
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Crossings (7)
15220 - Anne Gally (1716 - 1717)
Role: Owner
77572 - Anne (1745 - 1745)
Role: Owner
76635 - Hare
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76630 - Hare (1724 - 1725)
Role: Owner
76626 - Wiltshire
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76627 - Wiltshire (1723 - 1723)
Role: Owner
76629 - Wiltshire
Role: Owner
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Was slave trading profitable: Don't know
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In a codicil of 1765 to his will, William Coleman left to his nephew Thomas Lucas of Lee all his interest in property he had purchased on St Kitts, as well as the estate he had built up in Lee. In his original will he had left to his son William £15,000, an annuity of £100 p.a. and an 'estate' in Essex, and to his daughter Ann, wife of James Worthington Esq., £11,000 on top of the £6000 he had settled on her on marriage, as well as an annuity of £500 p.a.
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