William Thomas Roe

Husband of Mary Elizabeth (Mathew) Roe — married 11 Apr 1815 in St Marylebone, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom

Died 25 Apr 1834 in Patcham, Sussex, England, United Kingdom

Biography

William married Mary Elizabeth Mathew (born about 1787; daughter of Daniel Byam Mathew and Elizabeth (Dering) Mathew) on 11 April 1815 on Saint Marylebone: Marylebone Road, Westminster, England.^[1]

As part of the marriage settlement his father-in-law Daniel Byam Mathew (1756-1838) in 1815 placed the North Sound estate, Antigua in trust. The trustees sold the estate the following year. This was a plantation with about 135 enslaved people^[2].

He passed away in 1834, according to the monumental inscription of Daniel Byam Mathew (1756-1838), his father in law. The monumental Inscription in St Peter's church, St Christopher (St Kitts) states
Sacred to the memory of Daniel Byam Mathew Esq., of Cavon and Pennitenny, in this island who departed this life April 26 AD 1838 aetatis suae 82. Son of Daniel Mathew of Felix Hall, in Essex, Esq., & grandson of General Mathew, Governor of the Leeward Islands. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Edward Dering of Surrenden-Dering in Kent Bart., by whom he had issue Daniel Dering and Mary Elizabeth, who married William Thomas Roe Esq., Commissioner of the Customs, also High Steward of the Savoy &c &c &c,. who died April 25 AD 1834. This tablet is erected to his memory by his only daughter, the above Mary Elizabeth Roe of Withdran, in the county of Sussex, and his sister Louisa widow of the RT Honble. James Lord Gambier (1756-1833) of Ivon Grove in the county of Bucks, Admiral of the fleet, who died April 19, AD 1833 ^[3]

He died on 25th April 1834, according to the Monumental inscription from All Saints Churchyard, Patcham, Brighton,

See Also

Centre for the study of the legacies of British Slavery entry for William Thomas Roe

Find a Grave Monumental inscription from All Saints Churchyard, Patcham, Brighton (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/232079246/william_thomas-roe: accessed April 18, 2024), memorial page for William Thomas Roe (unknown–25 Apr 1834), Find A Grave: Memorial #232079246, citing All Saints Churchyard, Patcham, Brighton and Hove Unitary Authority, East Sussex, England; Maintained by Alexi W (contributor 50638633).

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage: "London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1938"
   London Metropolitan Archives; London, England, UK; London Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: P89/MRY1/185
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 1623 #1919549 (accessed 18 April 2024)
   William Thomas Roe marriage to Mary Elizabeth Mathew on 11 Apr 1815 on Saint Marylebone: Marylebone Road, Westminster, England.
2. ↑ Centre for the study of the legacies of British Slavery https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/estate/view/403 Accessed by Trevor Pickup on 16th April 2024
3. ↑ Lawrence-Archer, J. H. (1875). Monumental Inscriptions of the British West Indies from the Earliest Date: With Genealogical and Historical Annotations, from Origina[l], Local, and Other Sources, Illustrative of the Histories and Genealogies of the Seventeenth Century, the Calendars of State Papers, Peerages and Baronetages; with Engravings of the Arms of the Principal Families. United Kingdom: Chatto and Windus page 419 Google Books https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Monumental_Inscriptions_of_the_British_W/P5Y6AQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 Accessed by Trevor Pickup on 15th April 2024