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John Morrison overseer of Newfound River, Hanover

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1777

Biography

The will of John Morrison of the parish of Hanover planter now residing in St Botolph Aldersgate, proved 07/01/1778, has not been fully analysed by LBS but is a document rich in detail of the legacies of an overseer. He had worked for the Vassall family as overseen the Newfound River estate in Hanover Jamaica, and the will included instructions to purchase from John Vassall four children, Rebecca, Jane, Kitty and Hugh, the children of an enslaved woman named Venus, leaving each of them £100.


Sources

PROB 11/1038/44.

Further Information

Absentee?
Transatlantic

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
1762 [EA] - 1775 [LA] → Overseer
Newfound River [ Jamaica | Hanover ]