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James Witter of Mosquito Cove

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1768

Biography

James Witter was buried in Hanover, Jamaica, 19/12/1768.

James Witter was listed in the Jamaican Quit Rent books for 1754 as the owner of 681 acres of land in Westmoreland.

James Witter of Hanover, Esquire. Estate probated in Jamaica in 1770. Slave-ownership at probate: 121 of whom 68 were listed as male and 53 as female. 27 were listed as boys, girls or children. Total value of estate at probate: £8945.2 Jamaican currency of which £7340.09 currency was the value of enslaved people. Estate valuation included £0 currency cash, £0 currency debts and £0 currency plate.


Sources

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

'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.

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
1759 [EA] - 1759 [LA] → Owner
Mosquito Cove Estate [ Jamaica | Hanover ]
1769 [EA] - 1772 [LA] → Previous owner
Mosquito Cove Estate [ Jamaica | Hanover ]

Relationships (1)

James Witter of Mosquito Cove
Father → Daughter
Mary Dunn Witter
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Inventories (1)

James Witter Esquire
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