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John Archer

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1771

Biography

Attorney in 1769 and mortgagee-in-possession 1770 of Charlottenburg in St Mary. Possibly the John Archer who was Island Secretary in 1768.

John Archer of St Catherine, Esquire. Estate probated in Jamaica in 1772. Slave-ownership at probate: 117 of whom 66 were listed as male and 51 as female. 16 were listed as boys, girls or children. Total value of estate at probate: £15509.4 Jamaican currency of which £6829.5 currency was the value of enslaved people. Estate valuation included £44.56 currency cash, £4057.05 currency debts and £138.16 currency plate.


Sources

Fuertado's Personages transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/b/bfeurtado01.htm.

Trevor Burnard, Database of Jamaican inventories, 1674-1784.

Associated Estates (3)

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
1769 [EA] - 1769 [LA] → Attorney
Charlottenburg Estate [ Jamaica | St Mary ]
1770 [EA] - 1770 [LA] → Mortgagee-in-Possession
Charlottenburg Estate [ Jamaica | St Mary ]
1771 [EA] - 1786 [LA] → Previous owner
Charlottenburg Estate [ Jamaica | St Mary ]

Inventories (1)

John Archer Esquire
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