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John Maverly

Profile & Legacies Summary

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Biography

Owner of 735 acres and 96 enslaved people in St Andrew, Jamaica, in 1753. Deceased by 1766. Probably the son of the John Maverly of St Andrew whose estate was probated in 1748 (although not listed as deceased in 1753 so possibly this was a relative).

John Maverly was listed in the Jamaican Quit Rent books for 1754 as the owner of 664 acres of land in St Andrew.


Sources

CO137/28 pp. 169-175 transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1753Andrew.htm; Trevor Burnard, Database of Jamaican inventories, 1674-1784.

'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.

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
1753 [EA] - → Owner
Maverly Estate [ Jamaica | St Andrew ]
1763 [EA] - 1766 [LA] → Previous owner
Maverly Estate [ Jamaica | St Andrew ]