Tabitha Rodon

Tabitha Rodon was listed in the Jamaican Quit Rent books for 1754 as the owner of 600 acres of land in St Elizabeth and 190 acres of land in Vere, total 790 acres.

Tabitha Rodon of Clarendon, widow. Estate probated in Jamaica in 1775. Slave-ownership at probate: 54 of whom 20 were listed as male and 34 as female. 0 were listed as boys, girls or children. Total value of estate at probate: £3840.45 Jamaican currency of which £3045.25 currency was the value of enslaved people. Estate valuation included £0 currency cash, £0 currency debts and £0 currency plate.

The will of Tabitha Rodon of Vere, widow, was proved in Jamaica, 19/01/1775.

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.

LOS 42.

We are grateful to Daniel Livesay for his assistance with this entry.