William Hinds Prescod Esq (1775 - 1848)

Born 1775 in Barbados, British West Indies

Husband of Mary (Brice) Prescod — married 29 Jun 1812 (to 9 Sep 1848) in Saint Michael, Barbados, British West Indies

Died 9 Sep 1848 at about age 73 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

William Hinds Prescod (1775-1848) was the son of Francis Prescod.

He married Mary Brice, the Barbadian-born daughter of R.H. Brice of Bridgetown on the 29th of June 1812, in St Michael's Church Barbados, ^[1] but prior to this marriage between 1806 and 1812 he appears to have fathered four children with a free coloured woman, Lydia Smith of Barbados.

The eldest of these children was Samuel Jackman Prescod (1806-1871), who became the first non-white member of the House of Assembly in Barbados in 1843. (He was named after a Bajan planter, Samuel Jackman, the father of John Abel Jackman (1800-1830) ^[2] All his children from Lydia were buried as Prescod.

Slave owner

William Hinds Prescod was the largest slave-owner in Barbados, British West Indies in the 1830s as tenant for life or owner of plantations across Barbados and in St. Vincent.

A full biography available at Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery: William Hinds Prescod.

In 1841 he was aged 59 and living in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire with his wife Mary and goddaughter aged 9, Mary Prescod (Gurney) de Sales la Terriere (1831-1911).^[3]

He died aged 70 in 1848 at Alston Lawn Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England ^[4]

Press cutting - Morning Post 16 Sep. 1848 DEATHS - "On the 9th inst., William Hinds Prescod, Esq., of the Island of Barbadoes, and of Alstone Lawn, near Cheltenham.. deeply regretted by his bereaved and afflicted wife, and a numerous circle of sympathising friends. Though married for many years, Mr. Hinds has left no lawful issue."

Sources

1. ↑ "Barbados Church Records, 1637-1887," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKDS-PFB3 : 15 August 2022), William Hinds Prescod and Mary Brice, 29 Jun 1812; citing Marriage, Saint Michael, Barbados, Department of Archives, Blackrock; FHL microfilm 1,157,925.
2. ↑ Legacies of British Slave-ownership William Hinds Prescod
3. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7M3-JW8 : 24 May 2019), William Prescod, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
4. ↑ freeBMD Deaths Sep Q 1848 Cheltenham 11 142 PRESCOD William Hinds.

• Will of William Hinds Prescod National Archives, Kew Ref: PROB 11/2082/159
• "British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLS7-JMVJ : 19 April 2019), William Hinds Prescod, Esq, United Kingdom; records extracted FamilySearch and images digitized by FindMyPast; citing United Kingdom, 20 Sep 1848, The British Newspaper Archive, Ireland; FHL microfilm .
• "British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLSQ-6JKP : 19 April 2019), William Hinds Prescod, Esq, United Kingdom; records extracted FamilySearch and images digitized by FindMyPast; citing United Kingdom, 20 Sep 1848, The British Newspaper Archive, Ireland; FHL microfilm .
• Referred in Journals of the Barbados Museum: Vol LIII most recently and in others.

See also:

• City Voices programme of the Gloucester History Festival, Cheltenham Centre for History and Heritage accessed 30 Oct 2023
• https://www.historyofhestersway.co.uk/vola1/ha1_13.php The History of Alstone booklet researched by Margery Hyett, David Edgar and Jill Waller, edited by Chris Green accessed online 30 Oct 2023
• FamilySearch Person: MTYR-5M3