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Benjamin James Bostock

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Biography

The son of Benjamin Bostock (1763-1793) and Harriett Straker Budden; the great-grandson of Benjamin Bostock (1716-1785).
Married Louisa Lightbourn, daughter of William Lightbourn of Bermuda.

Benjamin James possibly admitted to one of the Inns of Court in London (though needs verification); admitted to practise as a barrister-at-law in the Courts of Barbados in 1817.

In 1811 he came to Barbados to wind up the estates of his father and great-grandfather. In 1812, he sold the Yorkshire plantation to William Drayton for £22,000. His father had already sold Carlton estate to William Prescod.


Sources

James C. Brandow (comp.), Genealogies of Barbados families (Baltimore, 1983), pp. 181-4.

Further Information

Absentee?
Transatlantic
Spouse
Louisa Lightbourn

Associated Estates (1)

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
1793 [EA] - 1812 [LA] → Owner
Yorkshire plantation [ Barbados | Christ Church ]

Relationships (2)

Benjamin James Bostock
Son → Father
Benjamin Bostock of Philadelphia
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Benjamin James Bostock
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Benjamin Bostock
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Benjamin James Bostock was the great grandson of Benjamin...