Haughton James I

Son of Richard James the younger and his wife Ann nee Haughton.

"M. A. Hanover 1726, '28, '31, '32, '36. Port Royal 1727. Died 1740."

Buried in St Catherine, 20/01/1740. Haughton James of St Catherine, Esquire. Estate probated in Jamaica in 1741. Slave-ownership at probate: 179 of whom 97 were listed as male and 82 as female. 68 were listed as boys, girls or children. Total value of estate at probate: £6680.88 Jamaican currency of which £4072 currency was the value of enslaved people. Estate valuation included £0 currency cash, £287.35 currency debts and £122.02 currency plate.

Familysearch.org, unindexed Jamaican parish registers, St Catherine, Baptisms, marriages, burials 1669-1764, Vol. 1 p. 234; W. A. Feurtado, Official and other Personages of Jamaica from 1655 to 1790 (1896) transcribed at Official and other Personages of Jamaica from 1655 to 1790 (1896); Trevor Burnard, Database of Jamaican inventories, 1674-1784.