P_10433_2124 – Edward Byam
Owner of two voyages to Africa and St John Antigua in 1725-1727 in a ship named ‘Byam.’ Probably Edward Byam (d. c. 1733) London merchant, son of Edward Byam Governor of the Leeward Islands and President of Council of Antigua (d. 1741), but possibly the father.
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Last name: Byam
Aliases: Byam
Primary cohort: London
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Sources: Vere Langford Oliver Hist. of Antigua Vol. 1 pp. 97 and 99
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Crossings (2)
75215 - Byam
Role: Owner
76654 - Byam (1724 - 1725)
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The will of Edward Byam (dated 11/11/1733 and sworn 24/11/1733) showed him then of St John's; he left his wife Welthing nee Devonsheire £200 p.a. and his brother William £100 p.a.. He left his wife 2 house at Edmonton, and his 3 shares in copper and brassworks at Bristol; he left his unnamed plantation [and enslaved Africans attached to it] to his brother George.
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