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John Jones of Cave Valley Settlement and Moreland

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Biography

Apparently resident slave-owner in Jamaica, dead by 1770. Possibly the John Jones who was listed in the Jamaican Quit Rent books for 1754 as the owner of 126 acres of land in Westmoreland.

John Jones of St James, planter. Estate probated in Jamaica in 1763. Slave-ownership at probate: 41 of whom 19 were listed as male and 22 as female. 15 were listed as boys, girls or children. Total value of estate at probate: £1966.56 Jamaican currency of which £1689 currency was the value of enslaved people. Estate valuation included £0 currency cash, £0 currency debts and £20 currency plate.


Sources

'A List of landholders in the Island of Jamaica together with the number of acres each person possessed taken from the quit rent books in the year 1754', TNA CO 142/31 transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples2/1754lead.htm.

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

Further Information

Absentee?

Associated Estates (2)

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
1770 [EA] - 1787 [LA] → Previous owner
Cave Valley Settlement [ Jamaica | Hanover ]
1770 [EA] - 1787 [LA] → Previous owner
Jones's Moreland [ Jamaica | Westmoreland ]