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Hugh James

Profile & Legacies Summary

1789 - ????

Biography

Son of Hugh James (will proved in 1797), and with his brother William John James (q.v.) joint-owner of the apparently heavily-indebted Delve estate and the enslaved people attached to it in Westmoreland. Educated in England (matriculating Christ Church Oxford 29/01/1807 aged 17) but apparently returning to Jamaica. Hugh James the son died c. 1830.


Sources

http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/JamesHughetc.htm" [accessed 01/11/2018]; Ancestry.com, Oxford University Alumni, 1500-1886 [database online].

Further Information

University
Oxford (Christ Church) [1807 ]
Legal Education
Middle Temple [1814 ]

Associated Estates (4)

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
1827 [EA] - 1830 [LA] → Receiver
Caledonia [2] [ Jamaica | Westmoreland ]
1817 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Joint owner
Delve [ Jamaica | Westmoreland ]
1830 [EA] - → Previous owner
Delve [ Jamaica | Westmoreland ]
1823 [EA] - 1825 [LA] → Executor
Duck Pond [ Jamaica | Westmoreland ]

Relationships (1)

Hugh James
Brothers
William John James
Details