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James Witter

Profile & Legacies Summary

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Biography

James Witter of Hanover, planter. Estate probated in Jamaica in 1741. Slave-ownership at probate: 166 of whom 92 were listed as male and 74 as female. 51 were listed as boys, girls or children. Total value of estate at probate: £10474.93 Jamaican currency of which £4567 currency was the value of enslaved people. Estate valuation included £308.9 currency cash, £3402.31 currency debts and £77.43 currency plate.

The will of James Witter was proved in Jamaica in 1741.

The estate of James Witter deceased was listed in the Accounts Produce for Hanover in 1743, produce being sugar and rum. This is tentatively identified as Mosquito Cove, owned by a second James Witter who died in 1768.


Sources

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

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. 164.

Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/2 p. 95.

Associated Estates (1)

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
1741 [EA] - 1743 [LA] → Previous owner
Mosquito Cove Estate [ Jamaica | Hanover ]

Tentative association