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Walter Pollock

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 22nd Oct 1820

Biography

Owner of Braemar estate in St Mary, Jamaica. Died at Braemar 22/10/1820.

James, son of Walter Pollock Esq of St Mary and Ann his wife late Harriett was baptised in Kingston 28/08/1814.

Active member of the St Mary militia: Lieutenant in 1787; Captain in 1790 and 1796; Lieutenant Colonel in 1802; Colonel in 1805 and 1808. Coroner in St Mary in 1805 and 1808. Assistant Judge or Magistrate in St Mary in 1817.

Overseer in St Mary: on Orange River 1778-1781, Oxford 1787-1793 and Tremolesworth 1794.


Sources

Edinburgh magazine and Literary Miscellany Vol. 87 p. 190 (February 1821).

Familysearch.org, Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 [database online].

Jamaica Almanacs 1787, 1790, 1796, 1802, 1805, 1808, 1817.

See entries in estate details for the Account Produce references.

We are grateful to Anne Thornley-Brown for her assistance with compiling this entry.

Further Information

Spouse
Ann Harriett
Children
James

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
1810 [EA] - 22/10/1820 [ED] → Owner
Braemar [1] [ Jamaica | St Mary ]
1778 [EA] - 1781 [LA] → Overseer
Orange River Estate [ Jamaica | St Mary ]
1787 [EA] - 1793 [LA] → Overseer
Oxford Estate [ Jamaica | St Mary ]
1794 [EA] - → Overseer
Tremolesworth Estate [ Jamaica | St Mary ]