Appeals to the Privy Council
Report No. JAM_1756_03

Williams v Beecher

Jamaica 

 

Case Name Long

Joseph Williams v Hannah Beecher

 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation  

v.4 [319] p.342–343 (13 Aug. 1756 – 26 March 1757)

 
PC Register Citation  

George II v.16 (1 Jan. 1756 – 31 Dec. 1757) p.263, 273, 459, 461–462, 468–469: PC 2/105/263, 273, 459, 461–462, 468–469

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Colonial Courts

Chancery – 1 Aug. 1754 and 1 Aug. 1755

Participants

Beecher, Hannah – see Jenkins, Hannah

Jenkins (formerly Beecher), Hannah, widow, respondent (daughter of Mary Sharpe)

Jenkins, William, esquire (husband of Hannah)

Sharpe, Mary, widow (mother of Hannah Jenkins, friend of Rowland Williams)

Williams, Joseph, esquire, of Westmoreland parish, Jamaica, appellant (grandson of Rowland)

Williams, Lewis (son of Rowland)

Williams, Rowland, deceased (father of Lewis, grandfather of Joseph, friend of Mary Sharpe)

Description

Concerning a will and an annuity.

Disposition

Decrees and all proceedings reversed.

Notes

The printed case for the appellant names the respondent Hannah Beecher as if she were a femme sole; the respondent’s case styles her as the wife of Jenkins and formerly Beecher. The discrepancy may indicate that her marriage to Jenkins was quite recent.

The appellant’s and respondent’s printed cases are summarized in Caribbeana: miscellaneous papers relating to the history, genealogy, topography, and antiquities of the British West Indies, ed. Vere Langford Oliver (London: Mitchell, Hughes, and Clarke, 1909–1919), 6:70 (view).

References in Smith, Appeals to the Privy Council from the American Plantations

Table of Cases (Williams v Beecher)


DOCUMENTATION

Printed Cases

Appellant’s
case

Case of the appellant (Joseph Williams v Hannah Beecher)

Counsel

Rob. Henley; Al. Forrester

 
Library

British Library: (Hardwicke Papers) Additional Manuscripts 36217 f.123r–129v (Manuscript date on dorse Mar. 22 1757 with note. No other manuscript notes; minor underlining)

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Library

Law Library of Congress: (Sir George Lee Collection) (Manuscript date on dorse 22 March 1757; no manuscript notes)

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Respondent’s
case

Case of the respondent (Joseph Williams v William and Hannah Jenkins)

Counsel

C. Pratt; H. Evans

 
Library

British Library: (Hardwicke Papers) Additional Manuscripts 36217 f.130r–131v (Printed date on dorse 1757. Extensive manuscript notes and underlining)

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Library

Law Library of Congress: (Sir George Lee Collection) (Printed date on dorse 1757; 22 March added by hand; no manuscript notes)

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Privy Council Documents in PC 1 at The National Archives at Kew

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