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Hender Molesworth

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1689

Biography

  1. Son of Hender Molesworth and his wife Mary, eldest daughter of John Sparke, esquire, of the Friary, Plymouth. Created a baronet 12/06/1688 with remainder to his brother. Died without issue.

  2. Hender Molesworth owned 2480 acres of land in St Catherine in 1670.

  3. Will of Hender Molesworth Lt-Gov. of St Katherine Jamaica proved 05/09/1689. In the will he left Cow Park to is wife for life then to his brother Sir John Molesworth 2nd bart. He left his Cocoa Walk or Indigo plantation called Golden Grove in St George's to his godson Fortunatus Dwarris.


Sources

  1. Burke's Peerage (1832) vol. 1 p. 176.

  2. 'Survey of Jamaica, 1670, St Catherine's Parish' transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1670sc.htm.

  3. PROB 11/396/287.

Further Information

Absentee?
Transatlantic
Children
d.s.p.

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
- 1689 [EY] → Owner
Golden Grove [ Jamaica | St George ]
- 1689 [EY] → Owner
Spring Garden, Pitney and Cow Park [ Jamaica ]

Relationships (5)

Hender Molesworth
Great-uncle → Great-nephew
Sir John Molesworth 4th Bart.
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Testator → Legatee
Fortunatus Dwarris I
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Fortunatus Dwarris was described as the godson of Hender Molesworth in the latter's will proved in...
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Husband → Wife
Mary Lynch then Molesworth (née Temple)
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Brothers
Sir John Molesworth 2nd Bart., of Pencarrow
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Uncle → Nephew
William Molesworth
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