John Hewitt Smith

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1828

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Slave-owner, planter and attorney in Jamaica, dying in 1828. Married to Jane Rodon Christian (q.v.), they had six children baptised in Jamaica between 1810 and 1823. Presumably also the John Hewitt Smith, son of James Smith and his wife Debh., who was baptised in Clarendon, Jamaica, 07/05/1778.

JOHN HEWITT SMITH, ESQR., OF RIVERSIDE ESTATE, IN THE PARISH OF VERE, DIED IN THIS CITY 26th APRIL, 1828, AGED 49 YEARS. HE WAS UNITED TO HIS WIFE, JANE RODON SMITH, UPWARDS OF TWENTY YEARS. — ALSO, E. W. SMITH, WIFE OF GEORGE BURRELL SMITH, ESQ., OB. l8tli JULY, 1853, AET. 65.

Sources

Familysearch.org, Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 [database online].

J.H. Lawrence-Archer, Monumental Inscriptions of the West Indies (1875) p. 135.

Further Information

Spouse

Jane Rodon Christian

Children

Jane (1810-), George Huckisson (1812-), Maria (1813-), Fanny (1817-), Hewitt (1821-), Sarah White (1823-)

Occupation

Planter and attorney

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Associated Estates (2)

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