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Walter Nisbet

Plantation Manager
Male 1745 - 1797  (52 years)


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  • Name Walter Nisbet 
    Relationshipwith Marion Murdoch Johnson
    Gender Male 
    Born 3 Jan 1745  Nevis, Leeward Islands Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Occupation Plantation Manager 
    Died 8 Dec 1797  Mount Pleasant, Nevis, Leeward Islands Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Siblings 4 Siblings 
    Last Modified 15 Mar 2021 

    Father Walter Nisbet, of Nevis
              b. Abt 1707
              d. 15 Jun 1765, Nevis, Leeward Islands Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 58 years) 
    Mother Mary Webbe
              b. Between 24 Jan 1723 and 24 Jan 1724
              d. 24 Jan 1753  (Age ~ 30 years) 
    Married 1743  [1] 

    Wife 1 Anne Maynard
              b. Abt 1750 
    Married 6 Oct 1775  St James, Westminster, Middlesex, England, Kingdom of Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Age at Marriage He was 30, she was 25  
    Children 
     1. Richard Nisbet
              b. Between 1765 and 1798
    Last Modified 4 Feb 2019 

    Wife 2 Anne Parry
              b. 1752
              d. 2 Dec 1819, Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Married 19 Apr 1784  St Marylebone, Marylebone, Westminster, Middlesex, England, Kingdom of Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Age at Marriage He was 39, she was 32  
    Children 
     1. Caroline Nisbet
              b. 26 Aug 1787
              d. 30 Mar 1867, Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     2. Walter Nisbet
              b. Abt 1788
              d. Oct 1833, Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, India Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 45 years)
     3. Josiah Nisbet
              b. Abt 1790
              d. 5 Aug 1834, Dharwar, Mysore, India Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 44 years)
     4. Emilia Nisbet
              b. 12 Apr 1791
              d. 13 Jan 1877, Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
     5. Robert Parry Nisbet
              b. 23 Aug 1793
              d. 31 May 1882  (Age 88 years)
     6. Harry Nisbet
              b. 11 Nov 1794, Nevis, Leeward Islands Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 6 Dec 1890, 10 Victoria Square, Clifton, Bristol, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 96 years)
    Last Modified 2 Jul 2020 

  • Notes 
    • Early Life
      Walter Nisbet was born in Nevis in the West Indies on the 3rd January 1745, the son of Walter Nisbet and Mary Webbe.

      Career
      Walter became the manager of the Nevis estates of the Stapleton family after his father died (his father had been manager from about 1736 to 1765). Walter's brother Josiah was the plantation doctor. Incidentally, Josiah's widow went on to marry Lord Horatio Nelson.

      In terms of the ownership of the New River plantation on Nevis; the earliest owner I can identify seems to have been Josiah Webbe, the maternal grandfather of Walter. I think Josiah had no sons, and so passed on the New River estate to his son-in-law William Maynard, who had married Josiah's daughter (and Walter's aunt) Frances Webbe in 1737. William Maynard then mortgaged the estate against loans from his son-in-law William Blomberg (husband of his daughter Anne Maynard who subsequently went on to marry Walter Nisbet of this page). These mortgages effectively transferred a share in the estates to Walter Nisbet.

      Family Life
      Walter Nisbet first married Anne Blomberg1 (her maiden name was Maynard - she was his cousin), but divorced her in 1783 for committing adultery with a man called Thomas Totty2. He subsequently married Anne Parry (daughter of Robert Parry of Plasnewydd and Llwyn-on) on the 19th of April 1784 in St Marylebone, London. The witnesses at the wedding were Paul Parry (Anne's brother) and Charlotte Edwin. They had six children:
      1. Caroline, born c. 1787 and who did not marry
      2. Walter, born c. 1788 of the Bengal Civil Service; died 1833
      3. Josiah, born c. 1790 and who married Rachael Marjoribanks, eldest daughter of Sir John Marjoribanks
      4. Emilia, born 1791 and who married Rev. C M Mount, prebendary of Wells
      5. Robert Parry, b. 1793 and who married firstly Clara-Amelia Harriott and had issue and subsequently Elizabeth Greene
      6. Harry, b. 1794 and who married Anne Harriet Curtis-Hayward of Quedgely House, Gloucestershire

      Death
      Walter died on the 8th December 1797 at the Mount Pleasant sugar estate on Nevis. His wife Anne's will was very concerned with supporting their eldest daughter Caroline, who Anne feared could be left destitute after her (Anne's) death.

      Footnotes
      [1] https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146643697; Anne was born Anne Maynard and was the daughter of Frances Webbe and William Maynard. This made her Walter's cousin, through his mother Mary Webbe who was Anne's aunt. Anne first married William Blomberg; he died and she secondly married Walter Nisbet.
      [2] http://sites.rootsweb.com/~nisbet/Nisbet%20branches/Nisbet%20of%20Ladytoun%20and%20Carfin%20jan%2029%202010.pdf

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 3 Jan 1745 - Nevis, Leeward Islands Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 6 Oct 1775 - St James, Westminster, Middlesex, England, Kingdom of Great Britain Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 19 Apr 1784 - St Marylebone, Marylebone, Westminster, Middlesex, England, Kingdom of Great Britain Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S0159] Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica, Nisbet of Carfin; Series 5, Volume 2, Pages 44-52.

    2. [S0202] Legacies of British Slave Ownership, UCL, (https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/), Walter Nisbet; https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146643697.

    3. [S0280] Moray LibIndx, Walter Nisbet; http://libindx.moray.gov.uk/people/people_report_view.asp?REF_ID=NM023579.

    4. [S0170] England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973, Ancestry, (ancestry.co.uk), Walter Nisbet; FHL Film Number1042317, 1775.

    5. [S0191] London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1932, Ancestry, (ancestry.co.uk), Walter Nisbet; London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; Reference Number: p89/mry1/171, 19 Apr 1784.