1781 - 1828
John Simmons married Mehetabel Ann Edey in Christ Church, Barbados, 17 October 1805. He died aged 47 in St Philip, Barbados, where he was buried, 13 February 1828. His abode was given as Four Square.
He was the youngest son of Henry Peter Simmons and Anne Kirton. His half-sister was Rebecca Olton, the youngest daughter of Anne Kirton (Simmons) and John Allen Olton. She was also the wife of Sir Reynold Abel Alleyne.
John Simmons bought the Harrow Plantation from John Olton in 1811.
Caribbean Marriages, 1591-1905, FamilySearch; Burial: Barbados Church Records, 1637-1887, FamilySearch; James C. Brandow (comp), Genealogies of Barbados families: from Caribbeana and the Journal of the Barbados Museum and Historical Society (Baltimore, 1983), p. 58.
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Spouse
Mehetabel Ann Edey
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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:
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1816 [EA] - 1828 [LA] → Owner
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1817 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Owner
Possibly a mistranscription for John Simpson. |
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1815 [EA] - → Owner
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1812 [EA] - 1815 [LA] → Owner
Possibly the owner between 1812 and 1815: see general estate notes. |
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1817 [EA] - 1828 [LA] → Owner
Simmons died in 1828. |
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John Simmons's half-sister was Rebecca Olton, the wife of Sir R. A. Alleyne. So, strictly, Simmons and Alleyne were not...
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Husband → Wife
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1787 - 8th Apr 1844
Yorkshire landowner.
Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.
© Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2024
CITING THIS RECORD:
'John Simmons', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146639313 [accessed 21st November 2024].
