WICKHAM of Antigua

[Ernest M. Wiltshire]

The WICKHAM family of Antgua descends from a Benjamin WICKHAM who
removed from Barbados to Antigua in 1679 and died there about 1705/1706.
OLIVER gives quite a detailed pedigree in his "History of Antigua", but
there is no mention of an Alfred Langford WICKHAM.
However the LANGFORDs were also a prominent Antiguan family (Oliver's
full name is Vere Langford OLIVER); but the Wickham pedigree gven by
OLIVER does not show any LANGFORD connections.
Still it is not impossible that Alfred might be related to that WICKHAM
family.
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[Hheathe...@cs.com]

Barbados & America by David L. Kent, page 83, List of Servants, negros and
land in the parish of St.Peters Allsaints (Barbados) taken the 15 Dec. 1679,
gives:

ALCE WICKHAM (spelt that way) with 2 servants, 36 negros, 75 acres of land

[ne...@peter.com.au]

My wife's family tree goes back to an Esther Wickham, died 1801 in
Antigua.

The data below has been gleaned from a number of sources, some of which
are family records and some from other readers of this newsgroup.

The original Esther Wickham was reputed to own "Parson Mawle's"
(elsewhere referred to as Parson Maul and Parson Maules), an estate of
179 acres in the Parish of Belfast (or St Phillip), Antigua.
She left a will dated 4 May 1797 at St Vincent.

Esther married John Ledeatt, 18 June 1779, at St Philip, Antigua. They
had four children.

There were two daughters Esther Ledeatt and Eliza Ledeatt.
The first son was William Eales Ledeatt (my wife's line. William married
Eliza Sedgwick, 5 May 1818 at St Peter's, Antigua).
The second son was George Wickham Washington Ledeatt (ca 1784 - 1866)
who married Jane Ledwell Hill, 4 February 1807 at St John's, Antigua.
George and Jane had six children, (There seems to be some confusion with
respect to the name "Redwood" which crept into the names of two children
as to whether they were Ledeatt-Redword's or Redword Ledeatt's - perhaps
somebody can clear that up.) -

Langford Wickham Ledeatt-Redwood (He was the eldest son, who married
Elizabeth Jane Brathwaite, 13 January 1846 in Islington, London, UK).
Jane Ledeatt, born 23 December 1812 in Antigua;
George Wickham Athill Ledeatt, born ca. 1817 at St John's, Antigua;
John Wickham Redwood Ledeatt, born 27 September 1819 at St John's,
Antigua;
George Wickham Washington Ledeatt (2), born 7 December 1822 at St
John's, Antigua.

[Patricia Fifield]

In my research concerning the confusion over the name Ledeatt-Redwood or Redwood Ledeatt, -- the Centre for the Study of the Legacy of British Slavery states that Langford Redwood Esq. was the Godfather of Langford Wickham Ledeatt-Redwood. Originally his name was Langford Wickham Redwood Ledeatt, but he formally changed the name. Here is the link to the source. I come through Esther Wickham Mayer Ledeatt and have been researching the slaver connections. Very sad.
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/471