Jeremiah Ames

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1820

Biography

Between 1811 and his death, Jeremiah Ames was the eponymous partner in Pinney, Ames & Co. of Bristol with his brothers-in-law Charles Pinney and John Frederick Pinney (who retired in 1819). The firm appears to have continued under that name after Jeremiah Ames' death in 1820.

Jeremiah Ames, second son of Levi Ames of Clifton, married Mary, youngest daughter of John Pretor Pinney, of Somerton, Somerset in April 1806 (she was also the sister of John Frederick Pinney and Charles Pinney, both q.v.). He died without issue in 1820.
Will of Jeremiah Ames of Clifton Gloucestershire [made in 1818] proved 25/08/1820. He left his estate to his wife Mary, with an annuity of £500 p.a. under an indenture made with his uncle John Ames. In a codicil Jeremiah Ames left her one-third of the £30,000 he was entitled to under another indenture of his uncle.

Sources

Retirement of John Frederick Pinney from Pinney and Ames, West India Merchants or Factors, 1st May last [1819], the business to be carried on by Charles Pinney and Jeremiah Ames as Pinney, Ames & Co., London Gazette 17524 12/10/1819 p. 1813

Monthly Magazine or British Register vol. 21 p. 377 (May 1806); Burke's Landed Gentry (1847) vol. 1 p. 16.
PROB 11/1633/311.

We are grateful to Ruth Hecht for her assistance with compiling this entry.

Further Information

Absentee?

British/Irish

Spouse

Mary Pinney

Children

d.s.p.

Occupation

West India merchant

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Associated Estates (2)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

SD - Association Start Date
SY - Association Start Year
EA - Earliest Known Association
ED - Association End Date
EY - Association End Year
LA - Latest Known Association

1831 [EA] - 1831 [LA] → Other

Stoney Grove [ Nevis | St John Figtree ]

In 1831, the enslaved people on the estate were registered to 'Pinney & Ames' although Jeremiah Ames had died in 1820. Presumably the entry referred to a mortgage or other assignment dating from the period he was a partner. The compensation under Nevis Claim No. 1 was paid to Charles Pinney and Robert Edward Case, identified as trustees for 'Mrs Ames', who was the daughter of John Pinney.

1828 [EA] - 1828 [LA] → Other

West Farm [ St Kitts | Trinity Palmetto Point ]

In 1828, the enslaved people on the estate were registered to 'Pinney & Ames' although Jeremiah Ames had died in 1820. Presumably the entry referred to a mortgage or other assignment dating from the period he was a partner.