Zachery Bayly Edwards (1744 - 1806)

Born 25 May 1744 in Westbury, Wiltshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Katherine (Baijer) Otto-Baijer — married 23 Dec 1783 in Farleigh Hungerford, Somerset, England

Descendants

Died 16 Jul 1806 at age 62 in Westbury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Zarchary was an attorney, called to the Bar, Nov. 12, 1776. He had property in St. Andrew's Jamaica.

Married Catherine, (Katerina) dau. of Rowland Otto-Baijer, Esq., of Antiguao, on 23 Dec 1783 at Farleigh Hungerford, Somerset. They had children: John, Bryan, Frances Otto, Rachel Pare, Katherine Ceely, and Eliza.

Sir Bryan Edwards (1796-1876), the Chief Justice of Jamaica, was the son of Zachary Bayly Edwards and Catherine Otto Baijer, and hence the nephew of Bryan Edwards the elder.^[1]

In 1819, the Dove Hall estate Registered to the estate of Z. B. Edwards had 231 enslaved people. Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p03.htm. Dove Hall produced sugar and rum.

Marriage information comes from ^[2]== Research Notes

Zachary Bayly Edwards was the son of Bryan Edwards and his wife Elizabeth Bayly.

"Biography Brother of Bryan Edwards the elder (q.v.), dying at Cheltenham in 1800. 1. Zachary Bayly Edwards, Adm. Fell.-Com. (age 17) at ST JOHN'S, Feb. 15, 1772. [Youngest] s. of Bryan, deceased, and Elizabeth Bayly, late of Westbury, Wilts. [B. there.] School, private. Adm. at Lincoln's Inn, Nov. 4, 1771. Called to the Bar, Nov. 12, 1776. Of Chalcot House, Wilts. Had property in St Andrew's, Jamaica. Married Catherine, dau. of Rowland Otto-Baijer, Esq., of Antigua. Died Aug. 29, 1800, at Cheltenham. Buried there Sept. 2. (St John's Coll. Adm., IV. 236; G. Mag., 1800, II. 904; Gloucs. Notes and Queries, I. 297; Oliver, History of Antigua, I. 235.). 2. Married Katherina Otto Bayer on 23 Dec 1783 at Farleigh Hungerford, Somerset. 3. 29[th August] 1800 At Cheltenham [Death of] Zachary Bayly Edwards esq. of Chalcot House Wiltshire. Will of Zachary Bayly Edwards of St Thomas in the Vale County Middlesex Jamaica proved 20/03/1801. In the will he left his pen called Greenwich Park in St Andrew in trust to be sold. The Waterford estate in Barbados was charged with £3000 to his wife under their marriage settlement. He secured an annuity of £600 p.a. to his wife Katherine Otto Baijer on his real estate other than Greenwich Park. We are grateful to Dr Sonia Baker for her assistance in compiling this entry. Sources 1. Ancestry.com, Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900 [database online] 2. Ancestry.com, Wiltshire, England, Marriages, 1538-1837 [database online] 3. Gentleman's Magazine (1800) Vol. 70 Part 2 p.904; PROB"^[3]

"Henry Phipps, the younger, died in 1620 leaving an infant daughter Christine who later married William Bishop of Mere. (fn. 67) In1639-40 livery of the manor of Westbury Mauduits was made to Christine and her husband and to Margaret Phipps, Christine's sister. (fn. 68) In the same year these three with Christine, widow of Henry Phipps, sold the manor to John and Edward Ash. (fn. 69) It seems to have remained in the Ash family (fn. 70) until sold by them to Zachary Bayly, a West India merchant, who owned it in 1689 and 1713. (fn. 71) It passed from Zachary to his son, another Zachary, who sold it to his nephew Bryan Edwards, author of the History of the British Colonies in the West Indies, who married Maria, daughter of Thomas Phipps of Leighton House (d. 1792). (fn. 72) Before his death in 1800 Edwards sold the estate to his younger brother, Zachary Bayly Edwards, who also died in 1800, and was succeeded by his son another Bryan Edwards.(fn. 73) The estate was bought from Edwards some time after 1842 (fn.74) by Charles Paul Phipps (d. 1880), who was the first member of the Phipps family to be styled of Chalcot and Dilton Court. (fn. 75) From Charles Paul the Chalcot estate passed to his son Charles Nicholas Paul Phipps (d. 1913), and from him to his son Charles Bathurst Hele Phipps (d. 1960). (fn. 76)"^[4]

He passed away in 1800. ^[5][6]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146630805/#relationships
2. ↑ https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146635623
3. ↑ Legacies of British Slave-ownership [1]
4. ↑ British History Online [2]
5. ↑ 1800 ... Obits ... 29. At Cheltenham, Zachary Bayly Edwards, esq. of Chalcot-house, Wilts. The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, Volume 70, Part 2, 904
6. ↑ PROB 11/1355/40 20 March 1801 Will of Zachary Bayly Edwards of Saint Thomas in the Vale County ofMiddlesex Island of... Will of Zachary Bayly Edwards of Saint Thomas in the Vale County ofMiddlesex Island of Jamaica , West Indies

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