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John Stogdon

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1792

Biography

  1. Will of John Stogdon merchant of Trelawny Cornwall, Jamaica [made in 1791 and attested in Jamaica early in 1793] proved in London 03/02/1800. Under the will he left £5000 to his grandson John Stogdon Highatt, the son of his daughter Elizabeth with Richard Highatt 'now of Great Britain', and the same amount to any future grandchildren. He left £5000 currency to his sister Martha Dawney, wife of William Dawney carpenter [sic] of Trelawny, and an annuity of £500 p.a. to his daughter Elizabeth. He left the Hague and Clifton estates in Trelawny in trust [his trustees included William Miles and John Philip [sic] Miles] for the benefit of John Stogdon Highatt. His grandson John Stogdon Highatt predeceased his father Richard Highatt.

Sources

  1. PROB 11/1337/32

Further Information

Children
Elizabeth

Associated Estates (6)

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] - 1828 [LA] → Previous owner
Clifton Estate [ Jamaica | Trelawney ]
1793 [EA] - 1828 [LA] → Previous owner
Hague Estate [ Jamaica | Trelawney ]
1815 [EA] - 1828 [LA] → Previous owner
Johnston Pen [ Jamaica | Trelawney ]
1817 [EA] - 1828 [LA] → Previous owner
Orange Grove [ Jamaica | Trelawney ]
1793 [EA] - 1794 [LA] → Previous owner
Parnassus [ Jamaica | Trelawney ]
1788 [EA] - 1791 [LA] → Executor
Platform [ Jamaica | Trelawney ]

Acting executor

Relationships (3)

John Stogdon
Other relatives
Mary Ann Eliza Highatt then Pierse (née Tharp)
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Mary Ann Eliza Tharp married John Stogdon Highatt, probably the great grandson of John Stogdon, in...
John Stogdon
Other relatives
John Stogdon Highatt
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The John Stogdon Highatt who was the main heir of his grandfather John Stogdon died before 1807. The second John Stogdon Highatt appears to have been John Stogdon's...
John Stogdon
Other relatives
Henry Highatt
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Possibly grandfather and grandson, more likely John Stogdon was the father of Highatt's...