Richard Haughton I

Resident slave-owner in Jamaica, dying there in 1740.

1. His daughter, Rebecca, of Westmoreland, married Thomas Reid of St Ann, at Westmoreland, 29/03/1743.

2. Richard Haughton of Hanover, Esquire. Estate probated in Jamaica in 1742. Slave-ownership at probate: 1432 of whom 737 were listed as male and 695 as female. 1 were listed as boys, girls or children. Total value of estate at probate: £46,328.61 Jamaican currency of which £38,537.00 currency was the value of enslaved people. Estate valuation included £406.38 currency cash, £7,914.56 currency debts and £549.43 currency plate.

3. The will of Richard Haughton was proved in Jamaica in 1741.

Caribbeana Vol. VI Part 1 'Hawtayne [Haughton]'.

1. Familysearch.org, Jamaican Parish Registers, Westmoreland Baptisms, marriages, burials 1739-1825, Vol. 1 p. 4.

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

3. Vere Langford Oliver, Caribbeana being miscellaneous papers relating to the history, genealogy, topography, and antiquities of the British West Indies (6 vols., London, Mitchell, Hughes and Clarke, 1910-1919) vol. 2 p. 121.