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Mrs John Sympson

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1804

Biography

'Twice widowed' planter met by Lady Nugent in 1802 at Monymusk; Lady Nugent said that Mrs Sympson had an estate of 'ten to twelve thousand a year.' Shown as of Great Britain in 1798. Probably the widow of John Sympson (q.v.) but otherwise not further traced.


Sources

Philip Wright (ed.), Lady Nugent's Journal of Her Residence in Jamaica from 1801 to 1805 (Jamaica, University of the West Indies Press, 2002). In the index of persons she is shown as dying in 1804.

Further Information

Absentee?
Transatlantic?
Spouse
John Sympson

Associated Estates (3)

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
1802 [EA] - 1802 [LA] → Not known
Monymusk [ Jamaica | Vere ]

Lady Nugent described 'Money Musk as 'Mrs Sympson's estate' in 1802.

1807 [EA] - 1807 [LA] → Lessee
Windsor Park Pen [ Jamaica | St Catherine ]

Under lease to the estate of Mrs John [?] Sympson

1798 [EA] - 1798 [LA] → Not known
Windsor Park Pen [ Jamaica | St Catherine ]

In possession of Mrs John Sympson Great Britain

Relationships (1)

Mrs John Sympson
Widow → Deceased Husband
John Sympson
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