John Allan

'John Allen' filed Crop Accounts for Crawle estate (St Thomas-in-the-Vale, Jamaica), Berwick estate (St Thomas-in-the-Vale, Jamaica) and Charlemont (St Thomas-in-the-Vale, Jamaica) in 1772, all owned by Sir Alexander Grant (q.v.). Allen's specific role is not listed.

'John Allan' [also given as John Allen] was listed in the Crop Accounts as mortgagee in possession of Paradise Pen (Westmoreland, Jamaica) 1782-1784. John Wedderburn was named as attorney and later purchased the pen.

1. Administration of the will of John Allan merchant of [Kingston but now residing at Bristol] [made in 1796] was granted 07/03/1828 to James Allan, the son of George Allan brother and co-residuary heir of John Allan [when John Allan was shown as late of St George the Martyr, Southwark]. In the will John Allan provided for his natural children, Jane [then in England for her education] and John (the children of Jane McDonald of Kingston, a free woman of colour) and Betsy Allan, leaving them respectively £1000, £500 and £200. He left his residuary estate among his brothers and sisters, but in a codicil excluded his brother David Allan if the latter's income from his own property should be above £250 p.a.

2. Given the address in the grant of administration, this was possibly the John Allan who was buried aged 64 10/10/1816, 'late prisoner within the rules of the King's Bench', at St George the Martyr, Southwark.

IB/11/4/6 Crop Account 1772-81 Jamaica Archive p. 151; IB/11/4/6 Crop Account 1772-81 Jamaica Archive p. 151; IB/11/4/6 Crop Account 1772-81 Jamaica Archive p. 151.

IB/11/4/7 Crop Account 1773-1783 Jamaica Archive p. 153.

1. PROB 11/1737/228.

2. Ancestry.com London, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-2003 for John Allan Southwark St George the Martyr 1813-1824 [database online].